Fascinating Stories from History
Book Review
The Most Conservative Branch
Stephen Breyer criticizes recent Supreme Court decisions and argues for a more pragmatic jurisprudence.
Comment
We’ve Hit a Grim Milestone We Haven’t Seen Since 1981. Why Can’t We Do Anything About It?
An irresistible trend took hold 50 years ago, and we’re all paying the price.
Retrieval
How a 1920s Survey Changed the Way Americans Thought About Sexuality
A researcher challenged the idea that women did not – and should not – experience sexual desire.
Music Review
Miles Davis Kind of Blew It With His ‘Greatest Ever’ Jazz Album
Sixty-five years later, a critic argues that “Kind of Blue” is the least challenging of Davis' works.
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Kidding Around
Stories of American children at work and play.
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Comment
Michelle Obama Was Right to Clap Back at Trump on 'Black Jobs'
The idea of "Black jobs" owes to 18th and 19th century divisions of labor designed to uphold slavery and white supremacy.
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Comparison
The Forebears of J.D. Vance and the New Right
Revisiting the Agrarian-Distributists and their fabrication of an American past.