Historian Stephen Knott considers the contemporary character of the nation.
The Open Mind
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Life-and-Death Decisions: Why Some States Vote to Block Health Care Reform
Jonathan Metzl, author of “Dying of Whiteness,” discusses how racial resentment has fueled a backlash against health care policy designed to include immigrants and minorities—with deadly consequences for working-class white Americans.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Super State Strategy
Grassroots organizers Ethan Todras-Whitehill and Catherine Vaughan of Swing Left discuss their plans to restore democratic accountability.
Posted inBooks
Authoritarian Past and Future
Yale University professor of philosophy Jason Stanley discusses his book How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Story of Climate
Science journalist Jon Gertner discusses his new book ‘The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey Into Greenland’s Buried Past and Our Perilous Future.‘
Posted inEducation in America
Deferred Dreams of Brown and Grutter
Educators Ronald Crutcher and Lorelle Espinosa discuss a landmark report on race and ethnicity in higher education.
Posted inBooks
Impeachment and the Righteous Republicans
Historian Brenda Wineapple discusses her new book The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a New Nation.
