Teaching the History of the Present
For a special issue of Modern Intellectual History, edited by Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, I have a piece co-written with my colleague Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, about teaching the history of the present. Both […]
Category Archives: writing
AMLO update: part 4
Image credit: Creative Commons 2.0 by Eneas de Troya Written this year with Humberto Beck, the fourth entry in my coverage of developments in AMLO’s Mexico is available in the […]
Review of Jonathan Katz, “Gangsters of Capitalism”
I have a review in the January/February issue of The New Republic of Jonathan Katz’s biography/travelogue of Smedley Butler, a figure of long fascination to many and totally obscure to […]
A review of Spencer Ackerman’s “Reign of Terror”
I have a new review of Ackerman’s Reign of Terror in the New Republic. Here’s the beginning: On September 5, 2016, two months before the Electoral College victory of Donald […]
Media roundup
I’ve been interviewed, quoted, or mentioned in a few places recently. Clavel Rangel in El Tiempo Latino, “Socialismo: la palabra [ya no tan] prohibida en Estados Unidos” Matt Mazewski’s review […]
The Immovable AMLO
For the third year, I have co-written another look at what is happening in Mexico under AMLO. With Carlos Bravo Regidor and Humberto Beck, I have tried to go beyond […]
Music for teaching Modern Latin American history
I’ve used music sporadically throughout my teaching, especially when a song proves to be a rich entry point into discussion of a social or political theme relevant to the discussion […]
Review in the AHR of two books on history education
In the December 2020 issue of the American Historical Review, I have a review of two books on history education (Jonathan Zimmerman and Emily Robertson’s The Case for Contention and […]
On the attack at the Capitol
I’m continuing to write in Spanish for Nueva Sociedad on U.S. politics. Here is an interpretation of the attack on the Capitol building. In short: don’t say “this is not […]
Venezuelans’ Hopes for a Biden Administration
I believe that the people affected by U.S. foreign policy should be listened to about how to shape it. I spoke with five Venezuelan social scientists about the situation in […]
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