History for the Future

Through interviews with historians and journalists, History for the Future explores the historical roots of contemporary social issues and policies, often revealing the hidden assumptions and political choices defining the present. Additional interviews from the History for the Future archive coming throughout February; new interviews coming in March.

HFTF Video Interview The struggle for citizenship in historical context By Craig Gurian \| Citizenship, Civil rights, History, Law An interview with Rebecca Scott, professor of law and history at the University of Michigan.More	HFTF Audio Interview From Kelly Girls to Permatemps By Kevin C. Brown \| Employment, History, Labor An interview with Erin Hatton, a SUNY Buffalo sociologist and author of the book, “The Temp Economy: From Kelly Girls to Permatemps in Postwar America.”More
HFTF Audio Interview “Class Dismissed” By Kevin C. Brown \| Education, History, Poverty John Marsh discusses his book, "Class Dismissed: Why We Cannot Teach or Learn Our Way Out of Inequality." Marsh’s study questions the limits of education as a tool for eliminating inequality and poverty in the United States.More	HFTF Audio Interview “Stayin’ Alive” in the 1970s By Kevin C. Brown \| History, Labor, Politics A History for the Future interview with labor historian Jefferson Cowie on the death of the New Deal order and the rise of working class conservatism over the course of the 1970s.More
HFTF Audio Interview “The Other America” revisited By Kevin C. Brown \| Poverty An interview with Professor Maurice Isserman, Michael Harrington's biographer, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Harrington's landmark examination of poverty in America.More	HFTF Audio Interview Don’t be fooled by “common sense” By Kevin C. Brown \| Elections, History, Politics Sophia Rosenfeld, a professor of history at the University of Virginia, discusses “Common Sense: A Political History” as part of the History for the Future project, now being hosted by Remapping Debate. Rosenfeld examines how politicians have used and abused the term “common sense” over a long period of time, and why appeals to common sense need to be scrutinized carefully.More

HFTF Video Interview The struggle for citizenship in historical context By Craig Gurian \| Citizenship, Civil rights, History, Law An interview with Rebecca Scott, professor of law and history at the University of Michigan.More	HFTF Audio Interview From Kelly Girls to Permatemps By Kevin C. Brown \| Employment, History, Labor An interview with Erin Hatton, a SUNY Buffalo sociologist and author of the book, “The Temp Economy: From Kelly Girls to Permatemps in Postwar America.”More
HFTF Audio Interview “Class Dismissed” By Kevin C. Brown \| Education, History, Poverty John Marsh discusses his book, "Class Dismissed: Why We Cannot Teach or Learn Our Way Out of Inequality." Marsh’s study questions the limits of education as a tool for eliminating inequality and poverty in the United States.More	HFTF Audio Interview “Stayin’ Alive” in the 1970s By Kevin C. Brown \| History, Labor, Politics A History for the Future interview with labor historian Jefferson Cowie on the death of the New Deal order and the rise of working class conservatism over the course of the 1970s.More
HFTF Audio Interview “The Other America” revisited By Kevin C. Brown \| Poverty An interview with Professor Maurice Isserman, Michael Harrington's biographer, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Harrington's landmark examination of poverty in America.More	HFTF Audio Interview Don’t be fooled by “common sense” By Kevin C. Brown \| Elections, History, Politics Sophia Rosenfeld, a professor of history at the University of Virginia, discusses “Common Sense: A Political History” as part of the History for the Future project, now being hosted by Remapping Debate. Rosenfeld examines how politicians have used and abused the term “common sense” over a long period of time, and why appeals to common sense need to be scrutinized carefully.More

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