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The Boycott’s Abolitionist Roots

The Boycott’s Abolitionist Roots The Boycott’s Abolitionist Roots

How a group of 19th-century Quakers cut their economic ties to slavery.

Aug 14, 2019 / Willy Blackmore

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Letters From the August 26-September 2, 2019, Issue Letters From the August 26-September 2, 2019, Issue

Eyes wide open… The other stain… Sanders’s exceptionalism?… Human rights v. propaganda (web only)…

Aug 13, 2019 / Our Readers and Omar Barghouti

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction

In his new book, Gates argues that the history of American democracy has always been one of constant push and pull.

Aug 13, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

The Contradictions of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

The Contradictions of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. The Contradictions of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

The Supreme Court justice may have been heralded by many of his progressive peers, but the legacy he left behind is far more ambiguous.

Aug 13, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple

Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation

Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation

Holbrooke’s public and personal life captures the contradictions of a cohort of liberals that came of age in the 1960s.

Aug 13, 2019 / Books & the Arts / David Klion

Donald Trump

Trump’s Demagoguery Is an Old American Tradition Trump’s Demagoguery Is an Old American Tradition

Over 100 years ago, the US exploited racial differences to distract the country from its overwhelming inequality. Trump is doing the same.

Aug 1, 2019 / Adam Hochschild

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Letters From the August 12-19, 2019, Issue Letters From the August 12-19, 2019, Issue

Forgotten history… Debating Biden…

Jul 30, 2019 / Our Readers

The Dream of Open Borders Is Real—in the High Arctic

The Dream of Open Borders Is Real—in the High Arctic The Dream of Open Borders Is Real—in the High Arctic

The Norwegian territory of Svalbard has been open to citizens of the world since 1920. But don’t call it a utopia.

Jul 29, 2019 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

There’s One Heresy That Sets Bernie Apart From All Other Dem Contenders to Unseat Trump

There’s One Heresy That Sets Bernie Apart From All Other Dem Contenders to Unseat Trump There’s One Heresy That Sets Bernie Apart From All Other Dem Contenders to Unseat Trump

And it’s not simply that he calls himself a socialist.

Jul 16, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin

The Class Politics of the Civil War

The Class Politics of the Civil War The Class Politics of the Civil War

By naming a common enemy—the privileged class of slaveholders—the Republican Party and Union Army were able to build and then steer a coalition of Americans toward the systematic d...

Jul 15, 2019 / Books & the Arts / James Oakes

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