The Vexed History of Zionism and the Left The Vexed History of Zionism and the Left
A new book asks why the left fell out of love with Zionism, but what it reveals is why liberal Zionists fell out of love with the left.
Feb 10, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Leifer
The First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave The First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave
Who fought for queer freedom a century before Stonewall.
Jan 31, 2020 / Feature / Channing Gerard Joseph
Is Impeachment Only About Getting a Conviction? Is Impeachment Only About Getting a Conviction?
A new history of Andrew Johnson’s trial reminds us the impeachment is not only a tool to constrain executive abuse of power, but also a way to publicize dissent on matters of polic...
Jan 30, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Stephanie McCurry
Does Liberalism Have Its Roots in the Illiberal Upheavals of the English Reformation? Does Liberalism Have Its Roots in the Illiberal Upheavals of the English Reformation?
A recent book argues that liberalism has an “unexpected debt” to evangelical religion.
Jan 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Keith Thomas
Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide
Martin Luther King Jr. saw something essential about our nation: Imperial expansion west over stolen Indian land shaped and deepened the American Revolution’s relationship to slave...
Jan 20, 2020 / Greg Grandin
Letters From the January 27, 2020, Issue Letters From the January 27, 2020, Issue
Old struggle, new politics… For shame… The truth about these truths… The collective is political…
Jan 14, 2020 / Our Readers
The ‘Revolution of ’89’ Did Not Initiate a New Era of History The ‘Revolution of ’89’ Did Not Initiate a New Era of History
Though significant, the end of the Cold War ranks well below the fall of Russia’s Romanov dynasty (1917) or the discovery of penicillin (1928) as a turning point in the history of ...
Jan 13, 2020 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Decolonization and the Pursuit of an Egalitarian International Order Decolonization and the Pursuit of an Egalitarian International Order
A new book looks at the mid-20th century cohort of African and Caribbean leaders who attempted to demand new rules from the world system.
Dec 23, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Immerwahr
A Decade That Changed the Nation A Decade That Changed the Nation
A look back on the stories that shaped the past 10 years, and helped inform the fight for a more radical and equitable future.
Dec 23, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and D.D. Guttenplan
The Deep Roots of Liberal Democracy’s Crisis The Deep Roots of Liberal Democracy’s Crisis
A new history of North Atlantic democracies argues that they were already undergoing a serious crisis more than four decades ago.
Dec 17, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans