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What We Call Freedom Has Never Been About Being Free

What We Call Freedom Has Never Been About Being Free What We Call Freedom Has Never Been About Being Free

Annelien de Dijn’s new book looks at how the modern conception of freedom emerged as an antidemocratic reaction by elites who wanted to curtail state power.

Oct 29, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Donald Trump speaks to Amy Coney Barrett

The Supreme Court Has Never Been on the Side of Working People The Supreme Court Has Never Been on the Side of Working People

If Democrats could acknowledge it’s a political institution, they’d have a chance to harness its power.

Oct 29, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan for The Nation

How Did American Cities Become So Unequal?

How Did American Cities Become So Unequal? How Did American Cities Become So Unequal?

A new history of Ed Logue and his vision of urban renewal documents the broken promises of midcentury liberalism.

Oct 19, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

How Did We Get Here?

How Did We Get Here? How Did We Get Here?

Three new books by prominent liberal intellectuals—Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson’s Let Them Eat Tweets, Robert B. Reich’s The System, and Robert P. Saldin and Steven M. Teles’s ...

Oct 19, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas Lemann

The Supreme Court’s War on Equality

The Supreme Court’s War on Equality The Supreme Court’s War on Equality

In Supreme Inequality, Adam Cohen offers a damning indictment of Supreme Court  jurisprudence, reminding us of just how political the country's highest court is. 

Oct 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Randall Kennedy

American History Is Getting Whitewashed, Again

American History Is Getting Whitewashed, Again American History Is Getting Whitewashed, Again

As demands for racial justice grow, Trump is pushing historical mythmaking into high gear.

Oct 2, 2020 / Column / Kali Holloway

Re-Education Camp

Re-Education Camp Re-Education Camp

Trump proposes white-washing American history.

Sep 29, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Should the United States Stay United?

Should the United States Stay United? Should the United States Stay United?

A conversation with Richard Kreitner about rethinking the history and the meaning of secession.

Sep 29, 2020 / Q&A / Jessica Suriano

Hiroshima

How a News Report on Hiroshima Helped Prevent Nuclear War How a News Report on Hiroshima Helped Prevent Nuclear War

In 1946, a New Yorker report following six survivors of the Hiroshima atomic blast forced an entire country to look in the mirror.

Sep 28, 2020 / Nick Turse

Will We Ever Get Rid of the Electoral College?

Will We Ever Get Rid of the Electoral College? Will We Ever Get Rid of the Electoral College?

The system that is nobody’s first choice.

Sep 22, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

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