Book Review

In the face of Trumpism, Jon Meacham maintains belief in our national soul

Book review: The Soul of America argues that Americans have suffered through demagoguery in the past and can do so again, but it will demand that they rediscover their soul.

Book Review

A bold federal endeavor built a town

Book review: A heroic federal effort was demanded to alleviate the abysmal plight of coal miners. Historians Timothy Kelly, Margaret Power and Michael Cary recount the deplorable working and living conditions of miners and coke workers in the employ of barons like Henry Clay Frick.

Book Review

Ghetto asserts complicity of white Americans

NCR Book Club: Recent confrontations between police and African-Americans in Northern cities may alert white liberals that racism is not bound by the Mason-Dixon Line.

Book Review

Did distorted memories form the Gospels?

ss04222016p05pha.jpgJESUS BEFORE THE GOSPELS: HOW THE EARLIEST CHRISTIANS REMEMBERED, CHANGED, AND INVENTED THEIR STORIES OF THE SAVIOR
By Bart D. Ehrman
Published by HarperOne, 336 pages, $27.99