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What the Black Dolls Say

What the Black Dolls Say What the Black Dolls Say

These rare survivors of early African-American art can illuminate much about our difficult history.

Sep 17, 2018 / Elizabeth Pochoda

Hiroshima

John Dower in Conversation: Part II John Dower in Conversation: Part II

A preeminent scholar on the Pacific War uses WWII-era Japan to examine race and US imperialism today.

Sep 17, 2018 / Q&A / Patrick Lawrence

Japan Signing Surrender WWII

John Dower in Conversation: Part I John Dower in Conversation: Part I

The groundbreaking historian of Japan talks about the challenges of scholarship during rapidly changing times.

Sep 6, 2018 / Q&A / Patrick Lawrence

Un Village Français

Tangled in the Garden of Good and Evil Tangled in the Garden of Good and Evil

A French television program tackles the tough questions of compliance and resistance.

Sep 4, 2018 / Norman Solomon

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Letters From the September 24-October 1, 2018, Issue Letters From the September 24-October 1, 2018, Issue

‘68 Letdown What a gigantic disappointment the special 1968 issue, “Year of Global Insurrection” [Aug. 27/Sept. 3], must be for anyone who was actually alive and aware in ‘68 and e…

Aug 30, 2018 / Our Readers

The Afterlives of Charles de Gaulle

The Afterlives of Charles de Gaulle The Afterlives of Charles de Gaulle

A new biography claims his vision was a stabilizing synthesis of France’s monarchical and republican political traditions. But was it?

Aug 29, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell

The World of Eduardo Galeano

The World of Eduardo Galeano The World of Eduardo Galeano

The writer's radical commitments made him an intimate witness to many of the major turning points in Latin American politics over the last 75 years.

Aug 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Mark Engler

Snack al fresco on the remains of a barricade

The Neglected History of the May ’68 Uprising in France The Neglected History of the May ’68 Uprising in France

We remember the students, the generational conflict, the cultural explosion—but we forget that it was, at heart, a working-class rebellion.

Aug 3, 2018 / Cole Stangler

‘Random Murder, Rape, and Pillage’: A US Soldier Describes 1968 in Vietnam

‘Random Murder, Rape, and Pillage’: A US Soldier Describes 1968 in Vietnam ‘Random Murder, Rape, and Pillage’: A US Soldier Describes 1968 in Vietnam

Whatever you do, don’t eat the apricots out of a C-ration can.

Aug 2, 2018 / Q&A / Nick Turse

The Making of 20th-Century New York

The Making of 20th-Century New York The Making of 20th-Century New York

The history of America's extreme metropolis captures a city caught between radicalism and reaction.

Aug 2, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

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