James J. Sheehan is professor of history emeritus at Stanford University. His most recent book is Making a Modern Political Order (Notre Dame University Press, 2023).
Pawel provides a sympathetic and affectionate group portrait of the Browns, based on their own letters and diaries as well as testimony of relatives and friends
Heather Ann Thompson’s powerful book on the Attica prison uprising of 1971 forces us to think about how methods of incarceration are contrary to our core values.
After the spectacle of 2016, it is well to remember that popular agitation, exaggerated expectations, and deep divisions have long been part of the nation’s history.
