THE AMENDMENT THAT MADE AMERICA AMERICA
“We hold these truths. . .” sure. But we wouldn’t hold them everywhere without our 14th amendment.
DEMOCRACY -- THE NEXT GENERATION
In a nation where half the citizens don’t vote, who cares about civics? Kelley Brown and her students, that’s who.
WHEN DEMOCRACY SPOKE. . . AND LISTENED
With America flat on its back, “Town Meeting of the Air” revived the conversation of democracy.
TOQUEVILLE'S TAKE ON AMERICA
Setting out to describe democracy, he created a lasting portrait of Us, the People
A DIRGE FOR DEMOCRACY?
America's good gray poet went dark for a while. But Walt Whitman surfaced with a new hope for America.
THE WOMAN WHO SAID 'NO!' TO NIXON
While the nation watched, Barbara Jordan stepped out of the Jim Crow past to defend democracy.
TRUTH'S OWN HISTORIAN -- JILL LEPORE
Despite three jobs — professor, New Yorker writer, mother — Jill Lepore solved the mystery. “Who Killed Truth?”
DEMOCRACY FOR A DIME
Books were no bargain until a century ago when the Little Blue Books were born. A half billion books later. . .
LINCOLN AND THE 'MOBOCRATIC SPIRIT'
In 1837, when mob violence raged, a young lawyer rose to defend the rule of law. He spoke not to his time but for all time.
THE DECLARATION -- FARMER STYLE
Income equality? Unions? Co-ops? Busting up corporations? The radical left? Nah, just American farmers.
JUNETEENTH!
Slavery continued in Texas for months after the war. Then came the word — on Juneteenth.
THE CONSERVATIVE AND THE 'COMMIE'
When a radical Mexican muralist began to paint at Dartmouth, some wanted his work destroyed. The college president refused.
THE COURT AND THE FLAG
With soldiers coming home in flag-draped caskets, the Supreme Court considered the Pledge of Allegiance. The ruling may surprise you.
THE WOMAN WHO SAID 'NO' TO MCCARTHY
Bullied into silence, Congress got a lesson in integrity from Senator Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME).
DUELING HISTORIES (VIDEO)
Why are Americans so divided? Whole books have tried to answer. The Attic explains it in three minutes (and change.)
LANGSTON HUGHES -- "LET AMERICA BE AMERICA AGAIN"
How Langston Hughes touched bottom during the Depression and wrote an American anthem.