March 6, 2014 — In the middle of the 20th Century, the Santa Clara Valley was known as the Valley of Heart’s Delight. Before the suburban tract housing and industrial parks, the land was...view
History
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Economy, History, Markets
Oct. 16, 2013 — Economic markets — institutions central to the organization of modern life — are often imagined and described in public life as independent, self-regulating, and “...view
Interviews
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Corporations, History, Politics
Sept. 11, 2013 — Kim Phillips-Fein, a historian and associate professor at New York University, discusses her book, “Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to...view
Commentary
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Civil rights, History, Race
Sept. 11, 2013 — In the Barack Obama and Bill Clinton version of the Democratic Party, the goal is to have “conversations about race.” Or, at least, these two presidents have wanted to have...view
Interviews
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History, Politics
June 12, 2013 — Robert O. Self, professor of history at Brown University, discusses his book, “All in the Family: The Realignment of American Democracy since the 1960s.” Self places debates over...view
Original Reporting
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Alternative models, History
April 24, 2013 — Imagine this headline: “House of Representatives approves proposal for guaranteed annual income by wide margin.” The passage of that kind of social welfare measure sounds wholly...view
Original Reporting
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Alternative models, History
April 24, 2013 — Imagine this headline: “House of Representatives approves proposal for guaranteed annual income by wide margin.” The passage of that kind of social welfare measure sounds wholly...view
Interviews
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Citizenship, Civil rights, History, Law
April 10, 2013 — Rebecca Scott, Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and professor of law at the University of Michigan, specializes in the study of post-emancipation...view
Interviews
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Employment, History, Labor
Feb. 27, 2013 — Erin Hatton, an assistant professor of sociology at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, discusses her book, “The Temp Economy: From Kelly Girls to Permatemps...view
Commentary
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Education, History, Politics
“The true college will ever have one goal — not to earn meat, but to know the end and aim of that life which meat nourishes.” — W.E.B. Dubois, as quoted in Andrew Delbanco, “College: What...view