It's Time for Police to Start Snitching by Ibram X. Kendi Communities of color are actually disproportionately likely to report crimes—it’s police themselves who have maintained a corrosive culture of silence.

The Half-Millennium When Rome excluded Jews from Jerusalem and how Iran and Muslims Saved Them by Juan Cole The move of the Trump administration of the US embassy to Jerusalem is intended, according to the president, to signal a recognition of the reality that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

Enjoy the Jerusalem Embassy – But Don't Get Giddy by Daniel Pipes There's reason to see the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital not as an end in itself but as one act of a three-part drama that ends badly for the Jewish state.

The Rise of the Victims’-Rights Movement by Jill Lepore How a conservative agenda and a feminist cause came together to transform criminal justice.

Trump, Iran and American Power by Walter Russell Mead The president sees Tehran’s overreach as an opportunity to arrest U.S. decline.

William Barber Takes on Poverty and Race in the Age of Trump by Jelani Cobb After the success of the Moral Monday protests, the pastor is attempting to revive Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s final—and most radical—campaign.

In 1918, Mary Turner's Brutal Murder Changed the Politics of Lynching in America by Julie Buckner Armstrong Can Remembering the Story of This Pregnant 21-Year-Old Help Us Emerge From a Bloody Past?

It wasn’t just African Americans who were lynched by Beth Lew-Williams So were Native Americans, Mexicans, and even Chinese.

1968: Year of Counter-Revolution by Todd Gitlin Counter-revolutions, like their revolutionary bêtes noires, suffer reversals and take time to cohere. The post-1968 counter-revolution held the fort against a trinity of bogeymen: unruly dark-skinned people, uppity women, and an arrogant knowledge class.

The Long, Tortured History of the Job Guarantee by Peter-Christian Aigner and Michael Brenes How liberals, over decades, worked to undermine a proposal that has long enjoyed public support.

“Our Biggest Mistake Is That We Trusted You Too Much” by Jeffrey A. Engel Geopolitics, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin’s historical memory.

In the Trump era, one of Richard Nixon’s worst moments as president looks a lot better by Jesse Berrett Instead of insulting the opposition, a president should try to engage.