The Strange Afterlife of Confederate Monuments The Strange Afterlife of Confederate Monuments
“Monuments” an exhibition in Los Angeles, interrogates the changing meanings of Civil War-era statues and their ability to shape historical narrative.
Apr 15, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Pujan Karambeigi
The Enduring Lessons of the Jewish Bund The Enduring Lessons of the Jewish Bund
A conversation with Molly Crabapple about “Here Where We Live Is Our Country,” her history of Bundism, and what we can learn from their socialist and anti-Zionist example.
Apr 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ishan Desai-Geller
Selma Still Matters Selma Still Matters
What was born there was a new definition of who gets to be an American. And that legacy is under threat.
Apr 9, 2026 / Keith Ellison and Yusef D. Jackson
Harry Haywood and the Radical Politics of Black Communism Harry Haywood and the Radical Politics of Black Communism
For Haywood, a truly radical working-class politics in the United States also required a program of self-determination.
Apr 7, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
As AI Breathes Down Our Necks, It’s Time for a Luddite Renaissance As AI Breathes Down Our Necks, It’s Time for a Luddite Renaissance
Nineteenth-century textile workers longed to stay human in a machine age. So do we.
Apr 7, 2026 / Feature / John Nichols
The Radical Texas War Against the “Devil’s Rope” The Radical Texas War Against the “Devil’s Rope”
An excerpt from the new book The Myth of Red Texas.
Mar 24, 2026 / David Griscom
The Hidden History of Free Choice The Hidden History of Free Choice
A conversation with Sophia Rosenfeld about her recent book on the roots of the concept of choice.
Mar 18, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Mary K. Simkhovitch and the Dream of an Affordable New York Mary K. Simkhovitch and the Dream of an Affordable New York
A new book revisits the public housing programs of the 1930s.
Mar 16, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Freeman
The Global Politics of Kwame Nkrumah The Global Politics of Kwame Nkrumah
Through Nkrumah’s story, Howard French charts the history of African decolonization and the American civil rights movement.
Mar 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Adom Getachew
George Packer’s Liberal Imagination George Packer’s Liberal Imagination
What happens when liberalism’s crisis is made into a fable?
Mar 9, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Bessner