The Reminder-General The Reminder-General
Tony Judt fears the twenty-first century has spawned a culture hell- bent on forgetting the past.
May 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini
Sweet Martin’s Badass Song Sweet Martin’s Badass Song
Several new books on Martin Luther King takes a closer look at the rhetoric and economic politics of the civil rights icon.
May 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Scott Saul
Dreaming Obama in North Carolina Dreaming Obama in North Carolina
Conversations with historian John Hope Franklin and civil rights heroes about race, memory and the possibility of change.
Apr 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden
Back Talk: Nicholson Baker Back Talk: Nicholson Baker
In the debut of a new biweekly series, the author of Human Smoke discusses pacifism and World War II.
Apr 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On
Five years ago this week, US troops stood by as mobs sacked Iraq's revered National Library and Archives. Despite little outside help, a cultural treasure soldiers on.
Apr 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / R.H. Lossin
Suffragist City Suffragist City
Two new books examine the history of the first women's rights campaign.
Apr 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mary Beth Norton
A Neo-Deal A Neo-Deal
The new positive rights of the twenty-first century.
Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Alexander Organek
A Modern Government A Modern Government
We must embrace the universal benefits of a government dedicated to preparing citizens for acompetitive and unpredictable world.
Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Max Rose
Questions of Loyalty Questions of Loyalty
Revisionist histories of the Vietnam War challenge the notion that the South Vietnam government was a dysfunctional pseudo-state.
Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Matt Steinglass
Blowing Smoke Blowing Smoke
In Nicholson Baker's cut-and-paste history, the "good war" is bad.
Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt