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Book Excerpt: Gotham at War: A History of New York City from 1933-1945 by Mike Wallace

Theodore Hamm Oct 10, 2025

Mike Wallace concludes his trilogy of New York City history with a chronicle of the American anti-fascist movement’s beginnings in NYC.

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Rejecting the Southernification of MLK

Renée Feltz Aug 11, 2025

Historian Jeanne Theoharis was in Los Angeles, scouring old copies of Black newspapers for coverage of the city’s Civil…

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Breaking the Girl

Irina Ivanova Oct 6, 2011

True Things About Me By Deborah Kay Davies Faber and Faber, 2011 How does a nice girl end up…

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The End of the Line

Bennett Baumer Sep 6, 2011

Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant By Paul Clemens Doubleday, 2011 Paul Clemens’ Punching Out is…

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