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Robert F. Kennedy
October 20, 2024
Magazine
Win McCormack
An RFK for Today?
How Kamala Harris became an inspiring figure
August 1, 2023
Nina Burleigh
RFK Jr. Was a Compulsive Womanizer, and Yes, We Should Care
The presidential candidate might be the political outcast of his family, but he inherited his father’s and uncle’s disregard for women.
May 25, 2018
Magazine
Win McCormack
RFK, Civic Republican
What a Bobby Kennedy presidency could have meant for American political life
April 30, 2018
Alex Shephard
The Eternal Return of the Kennedys
Two new films reveal the ways their legacy has and hasn't changed.
December 11, 2017
Jonathan Zimmerman
What Liberals Can Learn From Conservatism
Criticizing the president with the kind of radical rhetoric he uses is toxic for American democracy.
November 1, 2017
Richard D. Kahlenberg
The Making of a Tough-Minded Liberal
Chris Matthews's new biography of Bobby Kennedy revisits the promise of an inclusive populism.
December 13, 2016
Graham Vyse
How Democrats Can Bridge Identity Politics and Economic Populism
Some on the left are touting "the Bobby Kennedy coalition" as a model of multicultural working class politics.
October 21, 2012
Rick Perlstein
George McGovern, 1922-2012: Is Decency in Politics Always Doomed?
June 21, 2012
Sean Wilentz
Efficacy and Democracy
December 27, 2010
Jonathan Bernstein
Before Normalcy
July 7, 2010
E.J. Dionne Jr.
In Defense of Michael Steele
December 5, 2009
Martin Peretz
"We Have Forged a New Beginning Between America and the Muslim World." From Obama's Mouth to God's Ears.
February 13, 2008
Sean Wilentz
The Vital Centrist
January 9, 1961
Alexander M. Bickel
Robert F. Kennedy: The Case Against Him for Attorney General
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