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Book ReviewGlad to the Brink of Fear
A new biography reveals how Ralph Waldo Emerson gave Americans a vocabulary to understand themselves in an era even more tempestuous than our own.American Purpose -
ExhibitThe Great American Novels
136 books that made America think.The Atlantic -
Book ReviewA ‘Wary Faith’ in the Courts
A groundbreaking new book demonstrates that even during the days of slavery, African Americans knew a lot more about legal principles than has been imagined.New York Review of Books -
ExplainerThe Forgotten Lessons of Truly Effective Protest
Organizing is a kind of alchemy: it turns alienation into connection, despair into dedication, and oppression into strength.The Guardian -
Journal ArticleCharting the Music of a Movement
Galvanized by an act of racial violence, the band A Grain of Sand brought a new version of Asian American activism and identity to the folk music scene.JSTOR Daily -
ObituaryMichael Knott, Who Changed The Course of Christian Rock, Dies at 61
An entire industry wouldn't exist without him, yet few know his name. In his songs, Knott challenged the faithful to examine their faults and hypocrisies.NPR -
exhibitCrimes of War
Stories about the civilian victims of past wars, and the extent to which Americans have acknowledged and accounted for atrocities committed in their name.
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