Unsettled: The Great Plains Unsettled: The Great Plains
The myths and misconceptions that distort the beauty and problems of the Plains.
Sep 15, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Charles Petersen
A Matter of Memory: On Ingo Schulze A Matter of Memory: On Ingo Schulze
The unvarnished fiction of One More Story explores Germany's papered-over past.
Sep 15, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Noah Isenberg
It’s Not the Party—It’s the Policies It’s Not the Party—It’s the Policies
Inequality has risen under Republicans and Democrats when they’ve embraced neoliberalism.
Sep 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Robert Pollin
It Was Heaven That They Burned It Was Heaven That They Burned
Who is Rigoberta Menchú?
Sep 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin
Dogged Truths Dogged Truths
My Dog Tulip; Last Train Home; Heartbreaker; Machete
Sep 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
How Much Do We Learn From the First Cut of History? How Much Do We Learn From the First Cut of History?
One year later, the blockbuster Game Change can be read as much for how little election narratives explain about history as for the story of the 2008 campaign.
Sep 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Julian E. Zelizer
Bluer Rather Than Pinker Bluer Rather Than Pinker
How much does language tell us what to see, and hence what to think?
Sep 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Ten Things the Past Can Teach Us Today Ten Things the Past Can Teach Us Today
"Live as if you are free" and other lessons of the past can help us build a progressive future.
Sep 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Unequal Sacrifice Unequal Sacrifice
Why are poorer and less-educated citizens more likely to die in America's wars?
Sep 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich
Busted: Stories of the Financial Crisis Busted: Stories of the Financial Crisis
The one thing that a thousand books written from within the financial crisis won't contemplate is the possibility of an unhappy ending for capitalism.
Sep 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover