Books
Editors' Picks
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Race or Class? The Future of Affirmative Action on the College Campus
Jun 22, 2014Focusing college-student recruitment on poor neighborhoods can overlook middle-class African Americans entitled to affirmative action.
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Piety and Politics in America
May 15, 2015The tension between religiosity and secular government goes back to the nation’s founding.
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It's All About the Money
May 21, 2015How America became preoccupied with higher education’s bottom line.
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The 2016 Election Was Ultimately About One Big Thing
Oct 19, 2018A new book argues it was a struggle over identity.
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Why New Social Movements Are Different
Apr 06, 2018A new book from social reformer Jai Sen explores the international age of protest.
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Democracy and Its Discontents
Feb 16, 2018Three authors engage with the threats to a liberal society.
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Where the Republican Party Began
Nov 22, 2017Sidney Blumenthal's new volume in his biography of Lincoln explores the role of leadership in the remaking of American politics in the 1850s.
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How She Lost
Sep 21, 2017Malpractice cost Clinton the election, but her ambivalence on big issues was produced by big structural factors that affect all Democrats.
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Can Love Conquer Hate?
Sep 20, 2017Will the increasing prevalence of intermarriage lead to broader empathy and understanding?
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State-Enforced Segregation and the Color of Justice
Jul 24, 2017Jim Crow was the descendant of Southern slavery. More shocking is the legacy of government-enforced racism in the North.
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‘Where's Papa Going with that Axe?’ Reading Charlotte’s Web in the Age of Trump
May 26, 2017E.B. White’s barnyard fable remains a striking symbol of social justice in Trump’s America.
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Southern Discomfort
May 19, 2017Joan Didion’s notebooks on her 1970 trip through the South offer a ghostly assessment of our current times.
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Why Are Men Dropping Out of Work?
Apr 26, 2017A new book highlights the decline of male employment.
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Citizen Activism and the Courts
Apr 10, 2017The surprising impact of popular movements on judicial doctrines
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The Neighborhood Activist as Prophet
Feb 08, 2017How Jane Jacobs took on the planners—and how her legacy is at risk.
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Hidden Injuries
Oct 03, 2016The decline of the white working class and the rise of the Tea Party and Donald Trump.
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Swept Away in the Sixties
Sep 12, 2016What did the era amount to? One thing is certain: It wasn’t a revolution.
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When Liberalism Came Apart
Aug 01, 2016Two new books about the late 1960s provide grist for thinking about political turbulence today.
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