History

Where Would We Be Without the New Deal?

Where Would We Be Without the New Deal? Where Would We Be Without the New Deal?

A new history charts the forgotten ways the social politics of the Roosevelt years transformed the United States.

Jul 26, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

India Walton

India Walton: ‘Finally We’ll Be Able to Put Resources Behind All of These Bold, Visionary Ideas’ India Walton: ‘Finally We’ll Be Able to Put Resources Behind All of These Bold, Visionary Ideas’

The winner of Buffalo’s Democratic mayoral primary knows that the key to making the bold progressive change the city needs is control of the budget and prioritization of resources.

Jul 24, 2021 / Q&A / John Nichols

Republicans Hate Voting Rights Because They Threaten White Power

Republicans Hate Voting Rights Because They Threaten White Power Republicans Hate Voting Rights Because They Threaten White Power

It’s no accident that the current assault on voting rights started not with the failed reelection of Donald Trump but with the successful election of Barack Obama.

Jul 22, 2021 / Elie Mystal for The Nation

Martin Luther King Jr.

Texan Republican Cancel Culture Targets the Teachings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Texan Republican Cancel Culture Targets the Teachings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Why did Texas senators vote to drop Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” from school curriculums?

Jul 21, 2021 / John Nichols

Bruegel Dath

Where Do Wars Come From? Where Do Wars Come From?

Two new books, Margaret MacMillan’s War and Martin Sherwin’s Gambling with Armageddon, offer close studies of how we end up, or almost end up, marching into war.

Jul 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Michael T. Klare

Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles

Our ‘Racial Reckoning’ Is Turning Out to Be a White Lie Our ‘Racial Reckoning’ Is Turning Out to Be a White Lie

Black demands for full citizenship are being treated as entitlement and calls for racial accountability redefined as white persecution.

Jul 19, 2021 / Column / Kali Holloway

All That’s Utopian Melts Into Asphalt

All That’s Utopian Melts Into Asphalt All That’s Utopian Melts Into Asphalt

Utopia Parkway, which slices through the most diverse borough in New York, began as a dream of cooperative housing for poor Jewish immigrants.

Jul 16, 2021 / Feature / Molly Crabapple

Utopia Is Possible—Yes, Even Now, Especially Now—but We Have to Demand It

Utopia Is Possible—Yes, Even Now, Especially Now—but We Have to Demand It Utopia Is Possible—Yes, Even Now, Especially Now—but We Have to Demand It

Radical faith in grand visions is supercharged by the promise that fundamental change is possible.

Jul 15, 2021 / Feature / John Nichols

Utopia and Dystopia Are Twins—Both Are Born Out of Criticism

Utopia and Dystopia Are Twins—Both Are Born Out of Criticism Utopia and Dystopia Are Twins—Both Are Born Out of Criticism

But it is only Utopia that allows us to dream together.

Jul 14, 2021 / Feature / Jeet Heer

The Movement President

The Movement President The Movement President

Did Ronald Reagan help launch a movement—or did a set of movements help launch him? 

Jul 12, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney

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