Chait is really optimistic about the future of liberalism given the political leanings of young people: What all this suggests is that we may soon see a political landscape that will appear from the perspective of today and virtually all of American history as unrecognizably...
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Nyki Salinas-Duda has an interesting though flawed article about the increasingly tense relationship between the left-leaning Latin American governments elected in recent years and indigenous peoples who helped elect them..
I really want to recommend Sarah Jaffe's long-form interview with Jane McAlevey about her new book that I referred to here. McAlevey makes some really important points about a number.
One of my favorite things about American racism is that the nation's commitment to white supremacy has both encouraged imperialist wars of conquest and then horrifying the racial sensitivities of Americans to their results. In 1846, the U.S. went to war with Mexico for no...
Colin points us to this piece on a declining Jewish cemetery in Curacao, threatened by the elements and the gigantic refinery built right next to it. As Colin notes for.
I am happy to argue that a discussion of Civil War underwear is at least as interesting as a movie about Abraham Lincoln and far more interesting than battlefield tactics..
The Black Friday strike at Wal-Mart was interesting. I'm a bit skeptical that it means a lot, but who knows what will to what. People thought Occupy or the Battle of Seattle was world-changing and, well, where did all of that go? Meanwhile, the referendum...
The University of Colorado caved to the gun lobby and created gun-friendly dorms. At the present, there are floors that are gun-friendly. A dorm for the armed is opening in.
Within American labor history, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire is a touchstone moment. That tragedy led directly to a spate of workplace safety laws and building regulations. In the longer term,.
You may have seen this study that came out a week or so ago showing that American adults consume almost as many "empty calories" through alcohol as through soda. In a world of "facts," this study might be "correct." Yet, this is outrageous on two...
I found this Douglas Blackmon piece at the Post interesting for a couple of reasons. Exploring changing demographics in the South, he notes that Republicans have far from safe majorities.
I'm going to assume anyone who actually shops today is someone I don't want to know. But in any case, you should be following the Black Friday Wal-Mart strikes, the.