The study of Nazis still offers moral instruction on how evil arises Have we come, at last, to the end of morally instructive Nazis? After eight decades, Nazis may seem to have retreated into a class with orcs and cable-TV sharks, fantastic creatures representing evil, rather than historical figures who actually were evil. It is... Continue Reading →
SMITHSONIAN SCHOLARS RECOMMEND BOOKS, FILMS AND PODCASTS ABOUT RACE
Recommendations include Things That Make White People Uncomfortable, Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America and The Making of Black Revolutionaries: A Personal Account. (Photo illustration by Shaylyn Esposito and Meilan Solly) In this dynamic time, this list is offered for a nation grappling with its fraught history Six days after George Floyd died while in... Continue Reading →
