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Ken Burns, the filmmaker behind the new PBS documentary series The American Revolution speaks at the Tenth Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards at the Edison Ballroom in New York, NY on November 9, 2025

What’s Wrong with The American Revolution by Ken Burns

by Jack Rakove December 18, 2025February 3, 2026

The Kalven Trap

by Christoph Irmscher December 11, 2025February 3, 2026

Scandal

The Scandal About Scandals

by Noah Berlatsky December 10, 2025February 3, 2026

Nobel Prize winner Eli Weisel backstage before speaking to the United Jewish Appeal Convention in Washington.

Elie Wiesel’s “Wounded Faith”

by David Masciotra December 8, 2025February 3, 2026

health care plan: Health insurance application form with stethoscope and calculator

For Democrats, a New Way to Make Health Care Affordable

by Merrill Goozner December 2, 2025February 3, 2026

November/December 2025

How the Democrats Can Play Offense

by Paul Glastris November 2, 2025November 2, 2025

Democrats must embrace social media reform.

November/December 2025

Draining the Online Swamp

by Zach Marcus November 2, 2025November 4, 2025

How Democrats Can Save Social Security—and Win Elections

by Phillip Longman and Gillen Tener Martin November 2, 2025January 16, 2026

November/December 2025

Rural Revival

by Suzanne Mettler and Trevor E. Brown November 2, 2025November 2, 2025

AI is disrupting entry-level work, and graduates constitute a growing share of the long-term unemployed. Yet the value of the college degree remains strong, with graduates earning far more over time than non-college workers.

No, College Degrees Aren’t Losing Their Value

by Nate Weisberg November 2, 2025November 2, 2025

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