History

Ranters and Corantos: Renaissance Journalism Ranters and Corantos: Renaissance Journalism

A Folger Library exhibit examines Renaissance journalism and the birth of newspapers.

Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Richard Byrne

Back Talk: Tim Reiterman Back Talk: Tim Reiterman

A newsman who witnessed the carnage at Jonestown talks about the People's Temple, the power of images and the state of news.

Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Living for the City: Robert Clifton Weaver’s Liberalism Living for the City: Robert Clifton Weaver’s Liberalism

A biography of Robert Clifton Weaver traces the life and times of an often misunderstood urban reformer.

Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

That Girl: The Captivity and Restoration of Patty Hearst That Girl: The Captivity and Restoration of Patty Hearst

Was Patty Hearst really a rebel in search of a cause?

Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein

In Congo Square: Colonial New Orleans In Congo Square: Colonial New Orleans

Two new books uncover the colonial origins and musical roots of New Orleans.

Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

Listening to Odetta Listening to Odetta

Her voice a force of nature and her theatrical sense undimmed, Odetta-made music of extraordinary compassion, intuition and grace.

Dec 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Shapiro

Beyond the Bailout State Beyond the Bailout State

If original thinking doesn't find a home among the Obama administration's Clinton-era Brainiacs, how can we move beyond the bailout state?

Dec 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser

The Vietnam Exposé That Wasn’t The Vietnam Exposé That Wasn’t

The untold story of US-perpetrated atrocities in Vietnam and how the press killed it.

Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse

Obama Needs a Protest Movement Obama Needs a Protest Movement

A grassroots push for reform can make Obama a great president.

Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Frances Fox Piven

A My Lai a Month A My Lai a Month

In Operation Speedy Express, new evidence of civilian slaughter and cover-up in Vietnam.

Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse

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