Death of LBJ Death of LBJ
His accomplishments will unfortunately be overshadowed by his fatal mistakes in Vietnam.
Jul 8, 2009 / Feature / The Nation
The Death of Horace Greeley The Death of Horace Greeley
His race against Grant for the presidency cost him his reputation and, maybe, his life.
Jul 8, 2009 / Feature / The Editors
Does Rachel Maddow Speak for the Left? Does Rachel Maddow Speak for the Left?
A few weeks ago, Rachel Maddow appeared on Charlie Rose and announced that conservatives weren't the only ones disenchanted with Barack Obama. "The President has disappointed ...
Jul 8, 2009 / Eyal Press
The Legend of John Reed The Legend of John Reed
The author of Ten Days That Shook the World was one of the greatest journalists of his day or any day.
Jul 8, 2009 / Feature / Max Lerner
The Lord and John Foster Dulles The Lord and John Foster Dulles
The secretary of state's political views are rooted in his religion. Tell that to the leaders of his faith.
Jul 8, 2009 / Feature / Charles F. Edmundson
The Hubris of a President The Hubris of a President
The man who reported on the Third Reich for CBS finds some disturbing parallels between the Nixon administration and the Nazi government.
Jul 8, 2009 / Feature / William L. Shirer
Morse and the Telegraph Morse and the Telegraph
The great portrait painter and inventor who will forever be memorialized in a series of dots and dashes.
Jul 8, 2009 / Feature / Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
A. Philip Randolph: Brotherhood Except for Negroes A. Philip Randolph: Brotherhood Except for Negroes
The head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters takes on FDR.
Jul 8, 2009 / Feature / Jonathan Daniels
McNamara’s Evil Lives On McNamara’s Evil Lives On
It was the stark evil Robert McNamara perpetrated as secretary of defense that must indelibly frame our memory of him.
Jul 8, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Black Funeral of Michael Jackson The Black Funeral of Michael Jackson
Funerals tell us more about the living than the dead. It's why anthropologists often begin with rituals of death as an entry point for understanding societies and cultures. I reme...
Jul 8, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry