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Ben Schwartz

Bylines

History’s Lessons for the Second Committee for the First Amendment

Jane Fonda is reviving the Hollywood advocacy group to meet the high-stakes challenges to free expression in the Trump era.

by Ben Schwartz via The Nation on October 20, 2025
Billy Wilder’s Battle With the Past

How the fabled Hollywood director confronted survivor’s guilt, the legacies of the Holocaust, and the paradoxes of Zionism.

by Ben Schwartz via The Nation on August 18, 2025
How Woke Bob Hope Got Canceled by the Right

The conservative comedian spoke out for gay rights and gun control, and got boycotted and ostracized by friends on the right, including Ronald Reagan.

by Ben Schwartz via The Nation on April 14, 2023
The Trigger Presidency

How shock jock comedy gave way to Donald Trump’s Republican Party.

by Ben Schwartz via The New Republic on April 24, 2019
Little Ideological Annie

How a cartoon gamine midwifed the graphic novel—and the modern conservative movement.

by Ben Schwartz via Bookforum on November 30, 2008

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