History for the Future

A History for the Future interview on the wilderness movement, public lands, and environmental politics since the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964. Part 2 of a two-part interview.

A History for the Future interview on the wilderness movement, public lands, and environmental politics since the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964.

Jim Crow in action: As Miami’s population boomed, where residents came to live was limited by strict lines drawn through the region’s geography, lines that divided white and black, workers and elites.

How the history profession narrowed over time. Who became marginalized. The importance of valuing things other than the production of book-length manuscripts on narrowly defined subjects.

An interview with the editor of a new collection of essays on John Lindsay’s mayoralty. A very different time in New York City, and a very different vision of governing it.

An interview with Kate Brown, the author of "Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters."

Benjamin Waterhouse shows how business organizations woke up in the 1970s and changed American politics (and yes, there is at least one smoke-filled room).

Jake Rosenfeld's "What Unions No Longer Do" examines the enormous consequences of the long-term decline of the labor movement.

A discussion with Mason Williams on Fiorello La Guardia’s critical role in implementing the New Deal in the New York City context, his vision of the role of government, and what the city’s current mayor could learn from the predecessor he most admires.

Any real estate agent will tell you that "neighborhood matters." Robert Sampson explains just how much, including how neighborhoods differ on measures of trust, "collective efficacy," and altruism.