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Old War on New Deal

The new book Invisible Hands reveals how quickly conservatives organized to challenge New Deal liberalism.

Alexander Gourse

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Building Utopia

A new documentary profiles the rise and fall of a Depression-era utopian experiment in the Bronx.

Joel Bleifuss

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No Sugar-Coating Immigration

A new film will enthrall baseball fans--and anyone fascinated by the endurance of American ideals.

Brandon Harris

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Romancing the Terrorists

The Baader Meinhof Complex glamorizes a Cold War-era German terrorist group without questioning its politics and violence.

Christina Gerhardt

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Iran’s History Comes Out

A new book brilliantly details the evolution of gender and sexuality from pre-modern Persia to the 20th century.

Doug Ireland

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From Russia With Mercy

12 is a stunning revision of a classic American film.

Ralph Seliger

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The Big Other

A giant stalks the literary landscape.

Achy Obejas

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Always Look on the Bright Side of Genocide

When did the Holocaust become morally ambiguous?

Michael Atkinson

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A Real-Life Fairytale

Chris and Don examines a love that dared to speak its name.

Gary Barlow

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War Without Warriors

Robots have the perverse side effect of making war seem easy.

Chris Barsanti

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Watching The Watchers

Mass Observation returns for the Obama inauguration.

Brian Cook

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Not All Happy Families Are Nuclear

A new book chronicles experiments in domesticity.

Mandy Van Deven

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Won’t Get Fooled Again

(Well … maybe just one more time.)

Brian Cook

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In Mexico, Resistance is Futile

John Gibler chronicles a country embattled, but not conquered.

Kari Lydersen

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A Massacre in 3/4 Time

Waltz with Bashir is hallucinatory, relentless, and amazing.

Michael Atkinson

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Che the Man, Not the T-shirt

Soderbergh’s Che refuses to typecast the revolutionary.

Ben Kenigsberg

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The Truth Machine

Detecting lies or setting the stage for abuse?

Peter Kavanagh

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Jim Crow in the North

A new history examines the struggle to integrate above the Mason-Dixon Line.

Lewis M. Steel

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Live Chat—Resistance Now!

Palestinian struggle goes viral

Michelle Chen

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It’s Not Easy Becoming Green

Van Jones lays out his plan for a green economy

David Roberts

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See Dick Squirm

New documentary chronicles legendary 1977 Frost/Nixon interviews

Kevin Canfield

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Inside the Shadow Factory

James Bamford's important new book details America's post-9/11 surveillance-industrial complex

Brian Beutler

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Operation Infinite Imperialism

Two recent books examine America’s military and diplomatic forays into South and Central Asia.

Robert S. Eshelman

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‘Milk’ Does the Man Proud

The first major Hollywood film portraying a gay historic figure, Milk pushes gays to come out and fight for equal rights

Gary Barlow