When and how did American get so polarized? For answers, Jonathan Chait recommends reading "What Hath God Wrought," a history of American politics from 1815-1848 by the Pulitzer prize-winning historian Daniel Walker Howe.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ralph Nader's Dangerous Idea? Drafting the children and grandchildren of elected representatives.
Thomas Hardy's biographer tells Steve Paulson how his wife's death transformed the rest of Hardy's life.
Nearly 600,000 people are homeless on any given night in America, and despite the obstacles, some do ultimately find their way out. Victor McDonald is one who did.
We are part of an immensely creative universe. Cosmologist Brian Swimme and Religion scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker explain.
Daniel Kalder is from Scotland, but lived in Russia for several years and discovered that at heart he's an anti-tourist.
Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff talks about his new book, "Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now."
What if you could take a pill or download netware to supercharge your brain? Physicist Michio Kaku says augmented intelligence and memory playback systems are the future of brain science.
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