The Greatest Evil Is War
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges, who covered wars in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans for the New York Times, discussed his thoughts on war and its vi…
2,565 viewsPulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges, who covered wars in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans for the New York Times, discussed his thoughts on war and its vi…
2,565 viewsPrinceton history professors Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer addressed myths about American history. Labyrinth Books in Princeton, New Jersey, hosted this event.
505 viewsAuthor Gene Jarrett discussed the life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first African American writers to garner international recognition in the wake of emancipation. Labyrinth Books in …
212 viewsPrinceton University History Professor Linda Colley looked at the history of written constitutions from the 18th century to today. This was a virtual event hosted by Labyrinth Books in Princ…
977 viewsPulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges reflected on his time teaching at the East Jersey State Prison as part of Rutgers University’s degree program. Labyrinth Books in Princeton, Ne…
510 viewsDavid Marwell, former director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, recounted the life of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele. This was a virtual event hosted by Labyrinth Books and Princeton Publi…
3,384 viewsDavid Kushner talked about his book, The Players Ball: A Genius, a Con Man, and the Secret History of the Internet’s Rise, in which he reported on the early years of the internet, its evolut…
466 viewsYale Professor Joseph Fischel talked about his book, Screw Consent: A Better Politics of Sexual Justice, in which he offered his thoughts on consent and sexual assault laws in the U.S.
1,214 viewsVirginia Eubanks argued that data mining, algorithms, and automated systems have been used to negatively impact poor and working class people. She was joined in conversation by Kathryn Edin,…
846 viewsProfessors Glenda Gilmore and Thomas Sugrue talked about their book These United States: A Nation in the Making, 1890 to the Present, in which they examine the events that have defined the U…
928 viewsChris Hedges talked about his book Wages of Rebellion, in which he looks at stories of rebels from around the world and throughout history to illuminate the causes of revolution and resistan…
2,584 viewsKwame Anthony Appiah talked about his book, Lines of Descent: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Emergence of Identity, in which he recounts W.E.B. Du Bois' time spent as a student at the University of …
1,501 viewsJames McPherson talked about his book, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief, and responded to audience members questions. The book is a look at President Lincoln as a military…
1,369 viewsJohn Merriman talked about his book The Dynamite Club: How a Bombing in Fin-de-Siecle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; February 12, 2009). In his book Profe…
1,528 viewsJulian Zelizer, history and public affairs professor at Princeton University, presents a historical assessment of the two-term presidency of George W. Bush. Mr. Zelizer, the editor of The Pr…
381 viewsPulitzer Prize winning historian Walter McDougall read selections from and talked about his book, Throes of Democracy. Throes recounts a history of the United States from 1829 to 1877. The s…
691 viewsMichael Gordin talked about his book Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; September 29, 2009). In his book Michael Gordin, histor…
522 viewsFormer Black Panther Party member and death row inmate presented the practices and cases of prisoners defending other prisoners in the U.S. court system. He was calling from prison to partic…
989 viewsThe author talked about his book, Iran: A People Interrupted, published by New Press. He described the history of Iran going back two hundred years, including the reform movements that have …
341 viewsTommie Shelby speaks about his book, We Who Are Dark, The Philosophical Foundations of black Solidarity.
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