History

Trump Fascist

Why Trump Now? It’s the Empire, Stupid Why Trump Now? It’s the Empire, Stupid

Amid the wreckage of the Iraq War and the Great Recession, he speaks to a constituency that sees the frontier and outward expansion as peril rather than possibility.

Jun 9, 2016 / Greg Grandin

The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple The Odd Couple

Through their editorial work on the writings of Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno and Gershom Scholem forged an unlikely friendship.

Jun 9, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon

Stuck in ‘Ghetto’

Stuck in ‘Ghetto’ Stuck in ‘Ghetto’

In his new book, Mitchell Duneier explains why there is nothing natural about a ghetto.

Jun 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim

Rosenbergs

It Has Been 63 Years Since the US Executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg It Has Been 63 Years Since the US Executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

A new book reveals how the government struggled to sell the Rosenbergs’ murder to a skeptical world

Jun 1, 2016 / Miriam Schneir

The Afterlife of Polaroid

The Afterlife of Polaroid The Afterlife of Polaroid

The company presents a case study in photography as a phenomenon of the instantaneous.

May 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Frances Richard

The Anthropocene Truism

The Anthropocene Truism The Anthropocene Truism

Humans and the environment have never been separable. But what does the idea mean for politics?

May 12, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Katrina Forrester

Illustration of the Memphis Riot of 1866

The Roots of Today’s Racism and Police Violence, in an ‘Inconceivably Brutal’ Riot 150 Years Ago The Roots of Today’s Racism and Police Violence, in an ‘Inconceivably Brutal’ Riot 150 Years Ago

“The police headed the butchery” in Memphis in May of 1866, The Nation reported at the time, “and occupied themselves in shooting down every colored person, of whatever sex, of who...

May 11, 2016 / Richard Kreitner

The Roots of American Conservatism

The Roots of American Conservatism The Roots of American Conservatism

Why do the politics of free markets and cultural reaction keep returning like some Republican Freddy Krueger?

May 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

America’s Long Hangover

America’s Long Hangover America’s Long Hangover

How did Prohibition turn into a law-enforcement extravaganza?

Apr 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage

Hume’s Call to Action

Hume’s Call to Action Hume’s Call to Action

For philosophy to be effective, it has to understand the world in which it operates. David Hume brought history and politics to the realm of ideas.

Apr 20, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Richard Bourke

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