Meet the first two African American women in the White House press corps Excerpts from Alice Dunnigan's Alone atop the Hill and James McGrath Morris' Eye on the Struggle about Ethel Payne February 10, 2015 By The Editors
Hard lessons March 1, 2013 By Julia M. Klein Finding hope in the effort to reform America’s public schools
Fast women March 1, 2013 By Daniel Luzer Phileas Fogg had nothing on pioneering female journalists Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland
Brief encounters March 1, 2013 By James Boylan Short reviews of After Visiting Friends, The Art of Controversy, and Tupelo Man
The journalist and the politician February 14, 2013 By Eric Alterman Former NYT reporter Arthur Krock had a long friendship with Joe Kennedy–and it showed in his coverage
Wilderness of Errol January 8, 2013 By Lindsay Beyerstein Two heavyweights square off with new works on the Jeffrey MacDonald murder case
Fait inaccompli January 2, 2013 By Justin Peters Why the world failed to rebuild Haiti after the earthquake
Unfinished business January 2, 2013 By Michael Canyon Meyer A new biography of photojournalist Tim Hetherington reflects on a too-short career
Brief Encounters January 2, 2013 By James Boylan Short reviews of A Journalist’s Diplomatic Mission and The Noir Forties
Q&A: Caitlin Moran tells it like it is November 6, 2012 By Julia Scirrotto The foul-mouthed feminist’s new book comes out on Tuesday
Color blind November 1, 2012 By Amanda Hess When white men and three networks ruled the media, coverage of race was … better? Damn you, Internet!
The future’s so bright … November 1, 2012 By Justin Peters How to save the world while paying people with beer and hugs
Brief Encounters November 1, 2012 By James Boylan Short reviews of Out of the News, The Way the World Works: Essays, and The Stammering Century
