Leading historians offer the first look at Biden’s four years in the White House

The Garland Fund was not a typical foundation, but its history shows the potential role philanthropy can play in moments of rising authoritarianism—and the tensions inherent in that role.

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On Start Making Sense: Bhaskar Sunkara comments on the tasks facing New York City’s new socialist mayor, and historian John Fabian Witt talks about left politics in the 1920s.

A recording from John Fabian Witt and Julian Zelizer's live video

Editors’ Note: David Pozen continues HistPhil’s book forum on John Witt’s The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America (Simon & Schuster, …

At defining points in American history, there have been radical constitutional changes, defined as massive shifts in constitutional understandings, doctrines, and practices. Apparently settled princip...

Editors’ Note: This post, from John Witt, inaugurates HistPhil’s book forum on Witt’s recently published The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended …

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

For the Balkinization symposium on John Witt,  The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America  (Simon and...

For the Balkinization symposium on John Witt,  The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America  (Simon and...

Author and Yale Law Professor John Fabian Witt wanted distance from the chaos of the present, so he went back a century — and found its mirror image.

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

Emily Bazelon talks with Yale law professor John Witt about his new book The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America…

For the Balkinization symposium on John Witt,  The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America  (Simon and...

Charles Garland was entitled to a large inheritance. He instead chose to give the money to a fund for left-wing causes.

For the Balkinization symposium on John Witt,  The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America  (Simon and...

For the Balkinization symposium on John Witt,  The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America  (Simon and...

For the Balkinization symposium on John Witt,  The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America  (Simon and...

For the Balkinization symposium on John Witt,  The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America  (Simon and...