Martin Luther King Jr.

A revered Supreme Court ruling protected the robust debate vital to democracy—but made it harder to constrain misinformation. Can we do better?

Americans have often been politically divided. But have the divisions over how we recount our history ever been so deep?

The city might have gone up in flames after MLK's assassination, if not for the quick actions of a DJ, a city councilor, and The Hardest Working Man In Show Business.

The Florida governor’s long-ignored 2011 work, "Dreams From Our Founding Fathers," reveals a distinct vision of American history.

A sweeping new history weaves personal, intellectual, and spiritual narratives into a book that reminds us of the potential of the socialist movement.

A glaring portrait of the human cost of law enforcement officers who claim to be above the law.

Always a dealmaker, then-senator LBJ negotiated with segregationists to pass a bill that cautiously advanced racial equality.

A Steel City bibliography of Pittsburgh.

A new history of the environmental movement places too much emphasis on famous figures like Rachel Carson and shies away from confronting failures.

Rustin’s assessment of the lay of the political land was predicated on a no-nonsense understanding of the radicalism of the moment.

A look at socialism’s far-reaching influence on American thought.

The FBI’s first director built the agency around some of his own worst instincts.

A new book argues that the American right emerged out of a backlash to multiracial democracy following the Civil War.

The author of a new biography explains how liberals played an important role in enabling Hoover’s antidemocratic crusade.

How Americans lost faith in the possibility of self-government.

The FBI’s successful campaign against white supremacists is also a cautionary tale.

Considering the lessons and history of Crockett Johnson’s classic.

The late socialist writer's first book was a deep exploration of how the US labor movement became so weakened.

Charles Sherrod wasn’t a big name, but his life has a lot to tell us about the civil rights movement.

The common picture we get of the US South is one of resolute conservatism. But the region has a radical history, too.