Attending one of America’s great historically Black colleges and universities changed my life. A new book shows that these institutions remain radically underfunded and academically underestimated.
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Ulysses S. Grant’s Forgotten War
The 18th president continued his Civil War battles with an all-out fight against the Ku Klux Klan. The history books barely mention it.
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Putin’s History Lessons
The Russian leader has convinced his countrymen that Russia and Ukraine were always one, laying the rhetorical groundwork for a forever war. Â
Posted inNovember/December 2023
How the Founders Overcame Partisan Dysfunction
At the dawn of the republic, ideological divisions and personal hatreds were, if anything, worse than they are today. The nation survived because its warring leaders compromised.
Posted inNovember/December 2023
The Lost Mystique of Betty Friedan
Later waves of feminists assailed the pioneering author and activist for focusing on women’s legal and economic rights rather than sexual liberation. Her reputation is due for a revival.
Posted inSeptember/October 2023
How Social Justice Activists Lost the Plot
The leftist writer Fredrik DeBoer’s new book is an entreaty to white, college-educated progressives: Stop obsessing over identity and language and start fighting for working people.
Posted inSeptember/October 2023
Private Inequity
The Harvard economist John Coates argues that the growth of two types of investment companies—private equity firms and index funds—has concentrated power and imperiled democracy. But one of these things is not like the other.
Posted inSeptember/October 2023
Nancy Pelosi’s Big Stick
An insider account of the Californian’s first four years as House speaker reveals how she prodded Washington’s more timid male leaders to do big things.
Posted inSeptember/October 2023
Info Wars
The global financial system runs on a network of undersea fiber optic cables built and operated by the United States. Control of this data stream gives America incredible—and insufficiently discussed—power.
Posted inSeptember/October 2023
Indian Country
A new history shows how the interactions between European colonists and Native peoples helped shape the foundations of American government.
