Book Review
Eric Foner’s ‘Battles for Freedom’ salvages America’s history of struggle
February 13, 2017Radical historian Eric Foner calls out politicians and the powerful for their abuse and misuse of American history.
Read moreInvasion of the Funny Fish: Science fiction for the Trump era
January 6, 2017I am not a customary sci-fi reader; this book came to me by way of my sister, who instinctively knew I would love it. You will too.
Read moreDesert on Fire: Photo collection documents Kuwait oil disaster
January 4, 2017When Iraq’s army left Kuwait in 1991, it set hundreds of oil wells alight. Photographer Sebastião Salgado documented the heroes who halted an environmental catastrophe.
Read moreJames and Esther Cooper Jackson, African American activists in a joint biography
December 12, 2016James and Esther Cooper Jackson were mainstays of the struggle for African American equality for decades. Sara Rzeszutek Haviland tells the story of their life together.
Read moreHow will capitalism end? Slowly and painfully
November 28, 2016After years of ill health, capitalism is now in critical condition. Acclaimed analyst Wolfgang Streeck argues that the world is about to change.
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