Marx’s America
Marx is thought of as a purely European phenomenon. But his radical politics were indelibly shaped by his encounters with American life.
13 Articles by: Andrew Hartman
Andrew Hartman is professor of history at Illinois State University. He is the author of A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars, and is currently writing a book about Karl Marx in America.
A Century After “Ten Days”
John Reed penned the definitive account of the October Revolution — and paid a heavy price for it.
The DeVos Democrats
Corporate Democrats have enabled Betsy DeVos’s privatization agenda for years. It’s time for them to choose which side they’re on.
Beyond the Whack-a-Mole Left
Though often condemned to the fringes of American political life, the radical left has changed the course of US history.
The Neoconservative Counterrevolution
In the anti-sixties backlash, neoconservatives were the most formidable intellectual opponents of social progress.
The Teacher Wars
Dana Goldstein’s new history of American teaching is superb. But she’s much too easy on the “reformers” undermining public education.
Hegel Meets Reagan
Rick Perlstein is a master chronicler of American political absurdity. But explaining Reagan and the Right requires more than a catalog of the absurd.
Teach for America
The Hidden Curriculum of Liberal Do-Gooders