Out-of-control wildfires, heatwaves, and storms show that we all need to care about climate. We already have enough books about science. Here are some about people, conflict, and power.
If your hero is Ronald Reagan, then you’re in Free America. But if you admire Elon Musk, you’re in Smart America. Just America rejects heroes, but likes BLM. And Real America, bless their souls, is still all in for Trump. Can we at least agree on something?
A classic that’s more relevant today than ever. By busting the myth of the failure of post-Civil War Reconstruction, DuBois gives us a history of the amazing time when America first tried to create a truly multiracial democracy.
Heather Cox Richardson, a historian of 19th-century America with a popular daily politics blog, argues that today’s conservatives owe a large debt to yesterday’s Confederates.
