A new book asks: Can the surplus of capitalist exploitation be used to aid those on whose backs this surplus is generated?

Black Germans have used activism and scholarship to shed light on what they describe as Germany’s racist fascination with the American South.

In a new land, the ancient past held special meaning.

Since the 18th century, American politics has functioned via coalitions between competing factions. Can alliances survive today’s partisan climate?

The economic transformations wrought by industrial capitalism in the 1820s and 30s look different when viewed up close.

Alexis de Tocqueville left France to study the American prison system and returned with the material that would become “Democracy in America.”

Decades after the segregation battles of his youth, Jerry Jones has modernized the NFL’s revenue model but hasn’t hired a Black head coach.