History

Did the New Deal Need FDR?

Did the New Deal Need FDR? Did the New Deal Need FDR?

His political evolution points to a different locus of power than the one liberals tend to invoke when discussing the era’s history.

Nov 11, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Narratives of Freedom

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Narratives of Freedom Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Narratives of Freedom

History has always been a weapon in the hands of Ta-Nehisi Coates. Now, in his debut novel, the social critic and essayist sets out to recover those struggles for emancipation that...

Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

Jill Lepore’s Liberal Gospel

Jill Lepore’s Liberal Gospel Jill Lepore’s Liberal Gospel

Against a “postmodernism” that she claims suffuses left-wing and right-wing politics, the prolific historian and New Yorker staff writer makes her case for a liberal patriotism and...

Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Immerwahr

The Promise of Pan-Africanism

The Promise of Pan-Africanism The Promise of Pan-Africanism

As much as it was an organized movement, Pan-Africanism was an ideal, culture, and lived experience that helped galvanize generations into action.

Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Adom Getachew

What Is Living and What Is Dead in John Rawls’s Theory of Justice?

What Is Living and What Is Dead in John Rawls’s Theory of Justice? What Is Living and What Is Dead in John Rawls’s Theory of Justice?

With liberalism in crisis, contemporary political philosophy has taken on a funereal mood. But is there something still worth saving in the “high liberalism” of the 20th century?

Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Seyla Benhabib

Clarence Thomas’s Political Journey

Clarence Thomas’s Political Journey Clarence Thomas’s Political Journey

Corey Robin discusses his new book on the longest-serving justice on today’s Supreme Court and the influence of black conservatism and black nationalism on his jurisprudence.

Oct 24, 2019 / Robert Greene II

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Letters From the October 28-November 4, 2019, Issue Letters From the October 28-November 4, 2019, Issue

Shades of whitewashing…

Oct 15, 2019 / Our Readers and Robin D.G. Kelley

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Letters From the October 21, 2019, Issue Letters From the October 21, 2019, Issue

Look again… Blame Merle!… The last dance?…

Oct 8, 2019 / Our Readers

The Catholic Church at a Crossroads

The Catholic Church at a Crossroads The Catholic Church at a Crossroads

In their new books, Ross Douthat and James Chappel present two radically different versions of Catholicism’s past and future.

Oct 8, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jan-Werner Müller

The Workers That Built America

The Workers That Built America The Workers That Built America

A new book puts the black working class at the center of American history.

Oct 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / William P. Jones

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