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
Mike Wallace, Reluctant Newsman April 11, 2012 By Kira Goldenberg A new biography of the late "60 Minutes" reporter reveals how he changed broadcasting while besting inner demons
Taking Tea with Ayn Rand March 29, 2012 By Daniel Luzer Gary Weiss explores Objectivism’s influence on contemporary politics
How Vladimir Putin Came to Power March 7, 2012 By Malcolm Forbes Masha Gessen takes a hard look at the Russian president
Revisiting Henry Luce’s “American Century” February 29, 2012 By Jordan Michael Smith Andrew Bacevich and others examine the influential essay
Remembering the Golden Age of Book Publishing February 8, 2012 By Phil Campbell A review of Richard Seaver’s The Tender Hour of Twilight
The Literary Roots of the Gay Revolution February 2, 2012 By Jordan Michael Smith Reviewing Christopher Bram’s Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America
Q&A: News for All the People Co-Author Juan González November 29, 2011 By Ernest R. Sotomayor The Daily News columnist talks about race and the media
A Cook’s Tour with Molly Ivins November 3, 2011 By Nicola Kean A recipe-laden memoir of the columnist’s life and times
Notes from Underground October 26, 2011 By Cid Standifer The posthumous memoir of an alternative press pioneer
A Lifesaver Made of Paper October 19, 2011 By Kevin Douglas Grant Rosie Garthwaite shows journos how to stay alive in dangerous places
Defining “Fair Use” for the Digital Age October 12, 2011 By David Riedel Aufderheide and Jaszi on how to put the balance back in copyright
A Stranger Everywhere October 5, 2011 By Jeremy Axelrod Ze’ev Rosenkranz traces Albert Einstein’s complicated relationship with Zionism
Jonathan Raban Takes the Scenic Route September 28, 2011 By Phil Campbell A review of Driving Home, the essayist’s latest collection
