July 4, 1776: The Declaration of Independence Is Published July 4, 1776: The Declaration of Independence Is Published
"We celebrate, in short, not simply the national independence, or the return of peace, but the close of the agitation about slavery, and the extinction of slavery itself."
Jul 4, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
July 1, 1867: Canada Is Created July 1, 1867: Canada Is Created
"The dominion of Canada is formally in existence, to the great satisfaction of the politicians who infest the provinces, if of nobody else."
Jul 1, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
Weird Bedfellows Weird Bedfellows
In their defense of “tradition” against the liberating potential of architecture, Prince Charles and Xi Jinping find unlikely common ground.
Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Can Podemos Win in Spain? Can Podemos Win in Spain?
Just a year after its founding, it’s the country’s leading party.
Jan 14, 2015 / Feature / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
Secession Fever Grows in Catalonia Secession Fever Grows in Catalonia
Barcelona and Madrid, which once made common cause against Franco, have ceased to understand each other.
Nov 7, 2014 / Monika Zgustova
It’s Time to Rethink American Exceptionalism It’s Time to Rethink American Exceptionalism
To believe that our nation has always been exceptional requires a suppression of ordinary skepticism and a belief that calls for extraordinary arrogance.
Oct 24, 2014 / David Bromwich
How a Far-Right, Anti-Immigrant Party Became France’s ‘New Normal’ How a Far-Right, Anti-Immigrant Party Became France’s ‘New Normal’
For the first time in recorded history, the ultra-right-wing National Front came first in a national election.
May 28, 2014 / Cécile Alduy
Requiem for the American Empire Requiem for the American Empire
“Empires are restless organisms. They must constantly renew themselves; should an empire start leaking energy, it will die.”
Jan 11, 1986 / From the Archive / Gore Vidal