Heather Cox Richardson and the Battle Over US History Heather Cox Richardson and the Battle Over US History
One interpretation presents the country as irredeemably tainted by its past. Another contends that the United States has also tended toward egalitarianism.
Jan 24, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
How Did Americans Come to Love “Mid-Century Modern”? How Did Americans Come to Love “Mid-Century Modern”?
Solving the riddle of America’s obsession with postwar design and furniture.
Jan 23, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Marianela D’Aprile
The Blue-Blood Families That Made Fortunes in the Opium Trade The Blue-Blood Families That Made Fortunes in the Opium Trade
Long before the Sacklers appeared on the scene, families like the Astors, the Peabodys, and the Delanos cemented their upper-crust status through the global trade in opium.
Jan 23, 2024 / Feature / Amitav Ghosh
The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba—With Stuart Reid The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba—With Stuart Reid
On this episode of American Prestige, a discussion about the downfall of the first president of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Jan 23, 2024 / Podcast / Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner
Israel’s Vietnam—and Ours Israel’s Vietnam—and Ours
Everything that Israel is doing to the people of Gaza—especially killing civilians through intensive aerial bombardment—was prefigured during the American “ground war” in Vietnam....
Jan 18, 2024 / Van Gosse
Kissinger and Nixon in Southeast Asia With Carolyn Eisenberg Kissinger and Nixon in Southeast Asia With Carolyn Eisenberg
On this episode of American Prestige, an exploration of Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon’s joint pursuit of war in Southeast Asia during the 1960s and ’70s.
Jan 9, 2024 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison
Christina Sharpe and the Art of Everyday Black Life Christina Sharpe and the Art of Everyday Black Life
In Ordinary Notes, Sharpe considers Black culture “in all of its shade and depth and glow.”
Dec 13, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Omari Weekes
The Dubious Feminism of the Natural Childbirth Movement The Dubious Feminism of the Natural Childbirth Movement
Culture / Books & the Arts / December 12, 2023 More Than a Natural Function The politics of birth. The Dubious Feminism of the Natural Childbirth Movement Though it res…
Dec 12, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Moira Donegan
Bayard Rustin Was No Hollywood Figurehead Bayard Rustin Was No Hollywood Figurehead
The new biopic about the socialist organizer stops at the March on Washington. What is it leaving out?
Dec 12, 2023 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.
How Did Marxism Become Marxism? How Did Marxism Become Marxism?
A new book examines a set of thinkers and activists who helped transform a set of radical ideas into a political tradition.
Dec 11, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon