On the unacknowledged legacy of violent Jewish nationalist Meir Kahane
Books
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Lawful Carnage
Scholar Samuel Moyn and journalist Spencer Ackerman consider the inherent contradictions of the endless war on terrorism.
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Altercation: The Roots of Crime Hysteria
Thanks to demagogic pols and craven media, the public believes crime is far more pervasive than it actually is.
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Altercation: Not Now, Not Ever, Has Fox News Been Journalism
And it’s a dangerous delusion to misclassify it as such.
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Altercation: Race, Vietnam, and the New Left in Mid-Century
George Scialabba discusses the limits of Louis Menand’s new tome on America in the Cold War era.
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What’s Missing In Between Shifts
Gabriel Winant’s book de-emphasizes manufacturing and highlights care workers. But it neglects the forces of power that keep all workers down.
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Minority Rule
Given the Republican ferocity in trying to destroy basic rights, the road back to democracy is not civic but political.
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Wrestling With the New Deal
The programs Roosevelt put together may not have met a Platonic ideal of modern progress, but they saved American democracy itself.
