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The Scopes Trial and the Two Visions of US Democracy
A new history revisits “the Trial of the Century” and its legacy in contemporary politics.
by
Michael Kazin
via
The Nation
on
September 30, 2024
The Democrats’ Crisis Isn’t Over
Biden’s withdrawal won’t solve all of Democrats’ problems — but it gives them a chance.
by
Michael Kazin
via
Politico Magazine
on
July 23, 2024
The Wobblies and the Dream of One Big Union
A new history examines the lost promise and fierce persecution of the IWW.
by
Michael Kazin
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The Nation
on
May 15, 2023
A Brief History of American Socialism
A look at socialism’s far-reaching influence on American thought.
by
Michael Kazin
via
Literary Hub
on
January 5, 2023
J. Edgar Hoover’s Long Shadow
The FBI’s first director built the agency around some of his own worst instincts.
by
Michael Kazin
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The New Republic
on
December 9, 2022
How to Tell the History of the Democrats
What connection does the party of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson have to the party of Barack Obama and Kamala Harris?
by
Michael Kazin
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Timothy Shenk
via
Dissent
on
April 25, 2022
How the Democrats Ditched Economic Populism for Neoliberalism
On the pro-business transformation of the Democratic Party.
by
Michael Kazin
via
Literary Hub
on
March 28, 2022
An American Conception of Justice
Historians have demonstrated how central racism has been to the formation of the U.S. But many of those same ideas have also been vital to combating white supremacy.
by
Michael Kazin
via
Dissent
on
August 30, 2021
The Revolution That Wasn’t
Do we give the activist groups of the 1960s more credit than they deserve?
by
Michael Kazin
via
The New Republic
on
July 30, 2021
Where Would We Be Without the New Deal?
A new history charts the forgotten ways the social politics of the Roosevelt years transformed the United States.
by
Michael Kazin
via
The Nation
on
July 26, 2021
Ending the Kennedy Romance
The first volume of Frederik Logevall’s biography of JFK reveals the scope of his ambition and the weakness of his political commitments.
by
Michael Kazin
via
New York Review of Books
on
May 7, 2021
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A Godly Hero
: The Life of William Jennings Bryan
Michael Kazin
2006
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What It Took to Win
: A History of the Democratic Party
Michael Kazin
2022
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The Odds Against Antiwar Warriors
A review of Michael Kazin's "War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918."
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Andrew J. Bacevich
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The American Conservative
on
March 30, 2017
How the 1968 DNC Devolved into ‘Unrestrained and Indiscriminate Police Violence’
As protesters prepare for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, a half-century old report provides lessons for preventing chaos.
by
Lakeidra Chavis
via
The Marshall Project
on
August 14, 2024
Votes for Humphrey [Biden]
On (not) voting.
by
Michael Brenes
via
Warfare And Welfare
on
June 11, 2024
The Life of the Party
In his latest book, Michael Kazin argues that the Democrats have long sought to build a “moral capitalism.” Have they ever succeeded?
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Osita Nwanevu
via
New York Review of Books
on
August 29, 2023
A Big Tent
The contradictory past and uncertain future of the Democratic Party.
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Nicholas Lemann
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The Nation
on
July 11, 2022
Hope in the Desert: Democratic Party Blues
In 'What It Took to Win,' Michael Kazin traces the history over the past two centuries of what he calls ‘the oldest mass party in the world’.
by
Eric Foner
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London Review of Books
on
May 4, 2022
What Joe Biden Can Learn From Harry Truman
His approval rating hit historic lows, his party was fractious, crises were everywhere. But Truman rescued his presidency, and his legacy.
by
John Dickerson
via
The Atlantic
on
March 1, 2022
The War to End All Wars
The ardent but flawed movement against World War I.
by
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
via
The Nation
on
October 5, 2017
All You Need Is Love
The complex history, career, and legacy of one of America's most popular speakers and reformers.
by
Ronald Steel
via
New York Review of Books
on
June 22, 2006
Historians See Echoes of 1968 in Trump Assassination Attempt
But they also find key differences.
by
Olivia B. Waxman
via
TIME
on
July 17, 2024
The Habit America’s Historians Just Can’t Give Up
If fact-checking could fix us, we’d be a utopia by now.
by
Matthew E. Stanley
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Paul M. Renfro
via
Slate
on
January 9, 2023
No, Liberal Historians Can’t Tame Nationalism
Historians should reject nationalism and help readers to avoid its dangers.
by
Eran Zelnik
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The Activist History Review
on
November 8, 2022
The Historians Take a First Crack at Donald J. Trump
On the promises and perils of very recent history.
by
Paul M. Renfro
via
Slate
on
April 12, 2022
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Ukraine Shows We Need to Learn the History of Peace Movements to Break The Habit of War
When the war in Ukraine finally ends, will we take peace organizations and peace movements more seriously?
by
Charles F. Howlett
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HNN
on
March 13, 2022
The Center Does Not Hold
Jill Lepore’s awkward embrace of the nation.
by
Daniel Immerwahr
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The Nation
on
October 29, 2019
Howard Zinn’s Anti-Textbook
Teachers and students love "A People’s History of the United States." But it’s just as limited as the textbooks it replaces.
by
Sam Wineburg
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Slate
on
September 16, 2018
Forget Trump – Populism is the Cure, Not the Disease
Populism is typically presented as a new threat to liberal democracy. But properly understood, it is neither modern nor rightwing.
by
Thomas Frank
via
The Guardian
on
May 23, 2018
When Dissent Became Treason
100 years ago, war proved to be a godsend for a president with no tolerance for opposition. We would be wise to heed the lesson.
by
Adam Hochschild
via
New York Review of Books
on
September 28, 2017
