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In this April 14, 1964 black-and-white file photo, a man holds a Confederate flag at right, as demonstrators, including one carrying a sign saying:

David Leonhardt’s Centrist Nostalgia Won’t Save Democracy David Leonhardt’s Centrist Nostalgia Won’t Save Democracy

Jim Crow wasn’t an exception—but a model for the future.

Sep 23, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Imani Perry’s Capacious History of the South

Imani Perry’s Capacious History of the South Imani Perry’s Capacious History of the South

While the South is often dismissed as a region catching up to the rest of the country, Perry's new book demonstrates why it has always been the key to defining the promise and limi...

Sep 21, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

We Didn’t Vanquish Polio. What Does That Mean for Covid-19?

We Didn’t Vanquish Polio. What Does That Mean for Covid-19? We Didn’t Vanquish Polio. What Does That Mean for Covid-19?

The world is still reeling from the pandemic, but another scourge we thought we’d eliminated has reemerged.

Sep 19, 2022 / Feature / Patrick Cockburn

With Queen Elizabeth Gone, Monarchy’s Magic May Be Fading

With Queen Elizabeth Gone, Monarchy’s Magic May Be Fading With Queen Elizabeth Gone, Monarchy’s Magic May Be Fading

If the Crown is the lid on Britain’s pressure cooker, it is now less firmly placed on a more combustible pot.

Sep 13, 2022 / Owen Jones

King Charles III speaks as now-Queen Camilla sits beside him at Westminster Hall.

God Save Us From the King God Save Us From the King

The British monarchy is nothing if not adaptable—but for how long?

Sep 12, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Is the Avant-Garde Still Avant-Garde?

Is the Avant-Garde Still Avant-Garde? Is the Avant-Garde Still Avant-Garde?

Today’s radical art movements can always congeal into tomorrow’s orthodoxy.

Sep 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini

The Mysteries of Adam Smith

The Mysteries of Adam Smith The Mysteries of Adam Smith

How to understand Adam Smith’s politics

Sep 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Glory Liu

Where Solidarity, Abolition, and Queer History Meet

Where Solidarity, Abolition, and Queer History Meet Where Solidarity, Abolition, and Queer History Meet

Hugh Ryan’s The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison makes a compelling case for abolition as a central part of queer politics.

Sep 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

Emmett Till looks into the distance. He is wearing a hat.

How Emmett Till’s Death Led to the Invention of the “Liberal Media” How Emmett Till’s Death Led to the Invention of the “Liberal Media”

The young Black man’s murder is an outrage that still haunts our history. So do the lies in the media set in motion by the discovery of his mutilated body 67 years ago today.

Aug 31, 2022 / Chris Lamb

Howard Zinn speaking

Howard Zinn at 100: Remembering “The People’s Historian” Howard Zinn at 100: Remembering “The People’s Historian”

Zinn made no pretense of neutrality. He believed that “in a world of conflict,” it was the historian’s job to advocate for the oppressed.

Aug 24, 2022 / Robert Cohen and Sonia Murrow

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