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David Montgomery and the Vitality of Labor History

Dec 17, 2024 | thenation.com | Kim Phillips-Fein

Books & the Arts / David Montgomery and the vitality of labor history. From his first book to his landmark account of the politics of the pre-WWI labor movement, Montgomery explored how people’s experiences of work shaped their political horizons. Ad Policy This article appears in the January 2025 issue. One of the paradoxes of contemporary American politics is that the working class may be invisible as a true political force, but the idea of the working class is everywhere.
The Return of Trump-IV

Nov 12, 2024 | almendron.com | Adam Gaffney |Ian Frazier |Kim Phillips-Fein

Paisley Currah This is what Donald Trump could do to transgender people during his second presidency: discharge all trans service people from the military; impose a nationwide ban on medical care for trans youth; prevent Medicaid and Medicare from paying for transition-related care even for adults; permit private health providers to exclude transgender-related coverage; ban all trans girls from playing on any girls teams regardless of age, sport, or level of competition; deny federal funding...
The Return of Trump—IV | Paisley Currah, Trevor Jackson, Kim Phillips-Fein, Ian Frazier, Adam Gaffney, Madeleine Schwartz

Nov 11, 2024 | nybooks.com | Adam Gaffney |Ian Frazier |Kim Phillips-Fein

Paisley Currah • Trevor Jackson • Kim Phillips-Fein • Ian Frazier • Adam Gaffney • Madeleine Schwartz * This is what Donald Trump could do to transgender people during his second presidency: discharge all trans service people from the military; impose a nationwide ban on medical care for trans youth; prevent Medicaid and Medicare from paying for transition-related care even for adults; permit private health providers to exclude transgender-related coverage; ban all trans girls from playing on...
The Reactionary Bind

Oct 21, 2024 | democracyjournal.org | Kim Phillips-Fein

In 1955, the political theorist Louis Hartz published his classic The Liberal Tradition in America, which set out an influential framework for thinking about American history. Hartz sought to explain the reasons for the weakness of the American left compared to its counterparts in European societies.
The Theocratic Blueprint for Trump’s Next Term

Jun 4, 2024 | thenation.com | Chris Lehmann |Robert Borosage |Kim Phillips-Fein |John Nichols

Feature / How the Christian nationalist vanguard would pursue unprecedented power over all branches of government. This article is part of “Project 2025: The Plot Against America,” a Nation special issue devoted to unpacking the right’s vast and chilling program for a second Trump term.
Under a Second Trump Term, the DHS Will Be Even Harsher Than Before

Jun 4, 2024 | thenation.com | Robert Borosage |Kim Phillips-Fein |Bill McKibben

Feature / Project 2025 lays out a vision of a new immigration enforcement agency that will be more effective than ever in deporting, detaining, and denying entry to immigrants. This article is part of “Project 2025: The Plot Against America,” a Nation special issue devoted to unpacking the right’s vast and chilling program for a second Trump term.
The Mandate for Leadership, Then and Now

Jun 4, 2024 | thenation.com | Kim Phillips-Fein |Robert Borosage |Chris Lehmann |John Nichols

The Nation WeeklyFridays. A weekly digest of the best of our coverage. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation’s journalism. You may unsubscribe or adjust your preferences at any time. You can read our Privacy Policy here. As in 1980, the argument is that the “modern conservative president” must “limit, control, and direct” the executive branch.
The CUNY Experiment | Kim Phillips-Fein

May 23, 2024 | nybooks.com | Kim Phillips-Fein

Like so much about New York City politics, the fates of the various Gaza solidarity encampments that sprang up throughout the city in recent weeks were in part a question of real estate. At the New School, which has no outdoor campus, protesters needed to set up the encampment indoors at the university’s main building on Fifth Avenue—good for rainy days but not as welcoming to a crowd.
The History of the History of the Right (w/ Kim Phillips-Fein) on Apple Podcasts

Jan 17, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Kim Phillips-Fein |Matthew Sitman |Sam Adler-Bell

Matt and Sam are joined by historian Kim Phillips-Fein to discuss the "state of the field" of historical studies of American conservatism. How has the study of the right changed since 2016? And how should it orient itself to 2024?
When Milton Friedman Ran the Show

Nov 13, 2023 | theatlantic.com | Kim Phillips-Fein

Well before Milton Friedman died in 2006 at 94, he was the rare economist who had become a household name. A longtime professor at the University of Chicago, he had been writing a column for Newsweek for a decade when he won the 1976 Nobel Prize in economics. Then, in 1980, his PBS series, Free to Choose—a didactic, yet not at all dry, paean to the free market—made the diminutive, bald economist something of a star.