Polls show that most Americans sympathize with Black Lives Matter even as the movement has forfeited some of its earlier support.
June 4, 2020Demagogue that he is and that he’s toyed with becoming since well before he ran for president, Donald Trump used his June 2 rant against looting and thuggery after George Floyd’s murder to bang the drum for a civil war that he’s been toying with. But how pure was the republic before he stepped into the spotlight?
September 8, 2017The late ‘60s and early ‘70s were crazy, but we’re looking wilder.
July 27, 2017To the president and his fans, the '60s undermined what was good and virtuous in America.
July 14, 2017If you were in the ghettoes of Newark, Detroit or scores of other cities that summer, you were not wearing flowers in your hair. Forget about utopia: You were staking out, in action, fury and bitterness.
July 14, 2017Fifty years ago this week, in the summer of 1967, the streets of Newark exploded in violence. Here is a first-hand account of the tragic events that changed the city forever.
December 7, 2014The 1968 report's stark conclusion was that "our nation is moving towards two societies: one white, one black -- separate and unequal."
October 10, 1988 | A World of IdeasThe political philosopher talks about the the power of central government, privatization of government services, Reaganism, and the meaning of collective identity.
September 28, 1988 | A World of IdeasPhilosopher John Searle takes a detailed and passionate look back on the student activism of the 1960s.
