Roots revolutionized how Americans viewed and talked about black history. But its influence extended across the Atlantic, especially to West Africa and apartheid South Africa.
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Worlds of Inequality
The winners and losers of globalization. Must it be this way?
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Can the Working Family Work in America?
America still hasn’t adjusted to family realities in the 21st century. Here’s what needs to be done and why we need to do it.
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Harnessing the Power of the New Working Class
If the new proletariat starts identifying as a class, it could transform politics.
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American Maelstrom
A new book by Michael Cohen brings back the pivotal presidential election of 1968, which first revealed the fault lines that still define American politics today.
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Shall We Be Released?
The mass folly of mass incarceration and the road back to sane prison policy.
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It Didn’t Start with Stonewall
A new history deepens our understanding of the origins of the gay rights movement and the transformation it has brought about.
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Black Culture and History Matter
It took 150 years after America officially abolished slavery to get a national museum on the black experience.
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Leading from the Left
For Ted Kennedy, political leadership meant moving public opinion—not chasing after an elusive center.
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Political Money: New Best-Selling Book Genre?
A rash of new political money books signals that publishers now regard the once-obscure issue of campaign financing as popular fare.
