A Wedge Against Tyranny A Wedge Against Tyranny
Franklin Roosevelt v. the Supreme Court.
Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell
From Black to Black From Black to Black
Traveling along the Danube into the heart of the new Europe.
Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dimiter Kenarov
Restless Confederates Restless Confederates
Two new books argue that the South's slaveholding republic faced a crisis of legitimacy from the outset.
Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Undefined Undefined
Anthony Julius's Trials of the Diaspora and the myth of the new anti-Semitism.
Jun 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Antony Lerman
Stories and Legends Stories and Legends
How Barack Obama has fashioned a personal and political identity by treating the history of the civil rights movement as a usable past.
May 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue
Icons of Oblivion Icons of Oblivion
Two new books explore the role of naturalists in the history of conservation movements.
Apr 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Kelman
The Hebrew Republic The Hebrew Republic
Ongoing conflict in the Middle East continually reinforces tribalism, religiosity and messianic Zionism.
Apr 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Kai Bird
Lies about Ike: Stephen Ambrose, Another Historian in Trouble Lies about Ike: Stephen Ambrose, Another Historian in Trouble
Stephen Ambrose said he spent hundreds of hours interviewing Ike. The Eisenhower library says he didn't.
Apr 21, 2010 / Jon Wiener
To Curse and Fume To Curse and Fume
As our own yellow press goes from strength to strength, what can the history of slander and libel teach us?
Apr 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr
Impossible to Ignore Wikileaks Tape Impossible to Ignore Wikileaks Tape
Martin Luther King's words in 1967 are still relevant to today's war, as the Wikileaks tape shows.
Apr 7, 2010 / Laura Flanders