The Unreconstructed Radical (review of Bruce Levine's 'Thaddeus Stevens') The BafflerRichard KreitnerMay 13, 2021civil war, book reviews, reconstruction, abolitionism, slavery, constitution
Why It’s Time to Take Secessionist Talk Seriously New York Review of BooksRichard KreitnerJanuary 19, 2021secession, civil war, second civil war, elections, federalism
Now Is Not the Time for Unity The NationRichard KreitnerJanuary 15, 2021secession, presidents, articles of confederation
Thank the Pilgrims for America’s Tradition of Separatism, Division, and Infighting Zocalo Public SquareRichard KreitnerNovember 25, 2020secession, history
American Democracy Was Never Supposed to Work Richard KreitnerNovember 17, 2020trump, elections, constitution, articles of confederation, presidents
What History Tells Us About Trump’s Implosion and Biden’s Opportunity (interview with Stephen Skowronek) The NationRichard KreitnerOctober 12, 2020presidents, interviews, trump, elections, history
Trump Keeps Hinting He May Reject the Election Results. Is His True Goal an Immunity Deal? USA TodayRichard KreitnerOctober 1, 2020trump, elections
The Election From Our Past That Blares A Warning For 2020 The Washington PostRichard KreitnerSeptember 11, 2020reconstruction, civil war, trump, constitution, elections
Americans Have Feared Another Civil War Since the End of the Last One History News NetworkRichard KreitnerSeptember 6, 2020civil war, second civil war, secession, war and peace, trump, reconstruction
A Brief History of Dangerous Others (with Rick Perlstein) Richard KreitnerJuly 27, 2020history, abolitionism
Tear Down This Statue The BafflerRichard KreitnerJuly 6, 2020monuments, civil war, constitution, slavery
The Confederates Loved America, and They’re Still Defining What Patriotism Means The New RepublicRichard KreitnerJune 30, 2020civil war, reconstruction, trump, secession
A More Perfect Kind of Union? The New York TimesRichard KreitnerApril 24, 2020constitution, articles of confederation, trump, federalism, secession
Resistance By Refusal: You’re Never Too Legit to Quit (an interview with Jennet Kirkpatrick) Richard KreitnerJanuary 2, 2018secession, interviews
A New York Constitutional Convention Would Be Good for Democracy Richard KreitnerNovember 3, 2017constitution, new york state
The US Constitution Is Over 2 Centuries Old and Showing Its Age Richard KreitnerNovember 2, 2017constitution, history
“We Have Not a Government”: The US Before the Constitution” (interview with George William Van Cleve) Richard KreitnerOctober 23, 2017interviews, constitution, secession, articles of confederation
Empire, Conquest, and the War America Forgot (interview with William Hogeland) Richard KreitnerMay 15, 2017interviews, the west
“Trump Is Just Tearing Off the Mask” (interview with Eric Foner) Richard KreitnerApril 18, 2017interviews, monuments, trump, socialism
Forget the Musical—Alexander Hamilton’s Real Legacy is the Poverty-Stricken City He Founded Richard KreitnerFebruary 21, 2017gentrification, parks, history, capitalism, art