Richard Kreitner
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Books and Ideas January 2, 2018
Resistance by Refusal: You’re Never Too Legit to Quit
In an interview, Jennet Kirkpatrick, the author of The Virtues of Exit, makes the case for giving up.
Richard Kreitner
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The Constitution December 28, 2017
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Campaigns and Elections November 3, 2017
A New York Constitutional Convention Would Be Good for Democracy
The case for a constitutional convention in New York State.
Richard Kreitner
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The Constitution November 2, 2017
The US Constitution Is Over 2 Centuries Old and Showing Its Age
To fix our broken system, we need a new constitutional convention.
Richard Kreitner
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History October 23, 2017
‘We Have Not a Government’: The US Before the Constitution
An interview with George William Van Cleve, author of a new book about a period of crisis that offers tools for thinking about our own.
Richard Kreitner
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History May 29, 2017
‘The America and the World of Our Dreams—How Far Away They Seem on This Memorial Day!’
Ninety-nine years ago, an editorial in the magazine pleaded for “a world freed from the burden of mutual national distrust and hatred and deceit.”
Richard Kreitner
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History May 15, 2017
Empire, Conquest, and the War America Forgot
The historian William Hogeland talks about the first war the United States ever fought and the “problematic and thorny and painful” questions his new book raises.
Richard Kreitner
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History April 18, 2017
‘Trump Is Just Tearing Off the Mask’: An Interview with Eric Foner
The esteemed American historian talks about his new book, the politics of history, and the meaning of “a usable past.”
Richard Kreitner
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Inequality February 21, 2017
Forget the Musical—Alexander Hamilton’s Real Legacy Is the Poverty-Stricken City He Founded
So why are the leaders of Paterson, NJ, so eager to capitalize on his memory?
Richard Kreitner
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History February 8, 2017
Are We on the Verge of Another Civil War?
The historian David Armitage didn’t intend his new book to be a “handbook for our times.” But that’s just what it is.
Richard Kreitner