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BiographyMarch 7, 2023
The Cult of J. Edgar Hoover
A zealot through and through, he ran the FBI like a religious sect.
Adam Hochschild
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The LeftOctober 12, 2022
The American Socialism That Might Have Been
Despite their minority status, the Socialists had been a significant force in American politics before patriotic war hysteria brought on an era of repression.
Adam Hochschild
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March 19, 2020
Trump Isn’t the First President to Attack the Press
Woodrow Wilson’s presidency threatened to censor critical media using the US Postal Service over a century ago.
Adam Hochschild
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HistoryAugust 1, 2019
Trump’s Demagoguery Is an Old American Tradition
Over 100 years ago, the US exploited racial differences to distract the country from its overwhelming inequality. Trump is doing the same.
Adam Hochschild
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Arts and EntertainmentJuly 19, 2016
A Brutal Account of Colonialism in Africa Just Showed Up in the Most Unlikely of Places: Hollywood
Bet you didn’t know the latest Tarzan movie was based on this story.
Adam Hochschild
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Oil and GasMarch 21, 2016
The Untold Story of the Texaco Oil Tycoon Who Loved Fascism
Franco’s fuel supplier didn’t live in Berlin or Rome. He lived in New York, and he worked in the Chrysler Building.
Adam Hochschild
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Foreign PolicyDecember 9, 2014
Why No One Remembers the Peacemakers
Memorials across the world pay tribute to “fallen soldiers,” but virtually none exist for those who fought for peace.
Adam Hochschild
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War and PeaceNovember 11, 2013
Never Again: The Bloody Origins of Veterans Day
The first day of the Battle of Somme was one of the deadliest in history.
Adam Hochschild and Joe Sacco
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SocietyFebruary 27, 2012
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SocietyMay 3, 2011
The War That Didn’t End War and Its Unending Successors
What if, from the beginning, everyone killed in the Iraq and Afghan wars had been buried in a single large cemetery easily accessible to the American public? Would it bring the fighting to a halt more quickly if we could see hundreds of thousands of tombstones, military and civilian, spreading hill after hill, field after field, across our landscape?
Adam Hochschild