In a weird way, I feel like I’d almost written this essay before I’d even started. Throughout previous discussions about why Captain America would rebel against unjust authority, or how he’d rea
For those of you who’ve been following my online book club (which reminds me, I need to write up the post for the Conclusion), but who prefer audio to text, I sat down with the good folks at Mon
Last week, the online book club of my new book (available to the reading public here and here) discussed how the 1946 Employment Act jettisoned the New Deal’s legacy of direct job creation i
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In the liminal space between the midterm elections (very much a blue wave) and the seating of a Democratically-controlled House, the political situation is remarkably fluid and indistinct, especially
Last week, the online book club of my new book (available to the reading public here and here) discussed how the Works Progress Administration triumphed over the Public Works Administration’s
As I mentioned a while back, CUNY’s School of Labor and Urban Studies is hosting a book party for my new book (available here and here) and I now have details for that event: When: October 19
Last week, the online book club of my new book (available to the reading public here and here) began with a discussion of the origins of direct job creation policy, the scholarly and political reas
(The following post is by our very own Murc, with very minor edits by yours truly. Enjoy!) Cynthia Nixon’s loss yesterday wasn’t absolutely foreordained, but the writing had been on the wall almos