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
Bloodstained Ghosts: The Children of Revolutionary France Bloodstained Ghosts: The Children of Revolutionary France
Robert Gildea examines France between the revolution and World War I.
Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr
Rooted in Reconstruction: The First Wave of Black Congressmen Rooted in Reconstruction: The First Wave of Black Congressmen
Without the courage of the forgotten black legislators of the Reconstruction era, it would be impossible for a black man today to run for president.
Oct 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
The Kingston Trio and the Red Scare The Kingston Trio and the Red Scare
The death of Nick Reynolds, one of the Kingston Trio, last week at 75, provoked fond memories of one era and painful reminders of another.
Oct 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Peter Dreier and Jim Vrabel
Looking Backward Looking Backward
As America's second Gilded Age fissions around us, we can sense the zeitgeist shift. Are we staring into the abyss of 1929 or heading for a new New Deal?
Oct 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser