A Political Garden of Eden
Matthew Porges reviews “The Dawn of Everything,” the new book by David Wengrow and David Graeber....
No One Knows Roe like Joshua Prager
A new history of Roe v. Wade....
Color and Class: A Conversation with Joe William Trotter Jr.
Jeffrey J. Williams talks to Joe William Trotter Jr. about the history of the African American working class....
The Bloody Spectacle: On Vladimir Alexandrov’s “To Break Russia’s Chains”
Douglas Smith reads “To Break Russia’s Chains” by Vladimir Alexandrov and ponders the legacy of notorious terrorist Boris Savinkov....
What Did Dallas Learn from Rediscovering a Suppressed Book?
If there’s one subject Dallas will do almost anything to avoid, it’s how the city is drawn along racial lines....
Filling the Gaps: Soviet Life in Battle and on the Home Front in World War II
Maria Bloshteyn tackles two books that cover Soviet life on the battlefield and on the home front during World War II....
A Rising or Setting Sun
The Framers of the Constitution might have been shocked that their experiment lasted....
Foundations of Solidarity: Zeina Maasri Answers
Zeina Maasri speaks with Helen Mackreath about visual ephemera of resistance, postcolonial sites of dissensus, and erasures within the decolonizing moment....
Margins of History: On Shay Hazkani’s “Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War”
David N. Myers finds that “Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War” by Shay Hazkani upends received wisdom....
Letter to the Editor: Kyle Harper Responds to Monica H. Green
Kyle Harper and Monica H. Green exchange thoughts on Green’s review of Harper’s book, “Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History.”...
Down to the Wire in Old Shanghai: On James Carter’s “Champions Day”
Taoyu Yang reviews James Carter’s “Champions Day: The End of Old Shanghai.”...
Selling Menthol: On Keith Wailoo’s “Pushing Cool”
A history of the menthol cigarette and its effects on Black people....
