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Andrew Hartman

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Make Your Own Job

A new book examines Americans' long obsession with the enticing and oppressive concept of entrepreneurship.

by Andrew Hartman via Society for U.S. Intellectual History on November 30, 2025
Karl Marx’s Legacy in the United States

For two centuries, Karl Marx’s thoughts have significantly impacted US politics. In turn, his close study of the US informed the development of his ideas.

by Andrew Hartman, Cal Turner, Sara Van Horn via Jacobin
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on May 18, 2025
Marx in the United States

A conversation with the author of a forthcoming book about the twists and turns of Marx's legacy in America.

by Andrew Hartman, Magnus Møller Ziegler, Tobias Dias via Society for U.S. Intellectual History on October 4, 2017
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How The Culture Wars Destroyed Public Education

The left's Pyrrhic victory in the culture wars.

by Andrew Hartman via Made By History on September 5, 2017

Karl Marx in America

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Illustration of Karl Marx in front of map of the United States.

The Triumphs and Travails of American Marxism

Karl Marx never visited the United States, but he and his ideas left an imprint nonetheless.

by Robin Blackburn via The Nation on October 13, 2025

Photo of Karl Marx

Red Like Me

A new book shows that Marxism in the US "was never constrained to the reiteration of a set of dogmatic principles one associates with party ideologues."

by Alan Wald via New Politics on July 24, 2025

Karl Marx's face in the American flag

The Marxists Are Coming

Calls to defund the Marxist left and similar mobilizations against rumors of a new red dawn are nothing new.

by Mathias Fuelling via The Baffler on June 10, 2025

Cover of book. Red text on a blue background with stickers of Karl Marx's face arranged like the 50 stars.

Marx: The Fourth Boom

Were you to vanish Marx from every library, you’d destroy the central interlocutor around which most of capitalism is built.

by Devin Thomas O’Shea via Los Angeles Review of Books on May 27, 2025

Why The 'War On Christmas' Just Isn't What It Used To Be

The battle between "Happy Holidays" and "Merry Christmas" goes way deeper than you think.

by Sophie Kleeman via Bustle on December 21, 2017

Madonna in 'Papa Don’t Preach’ (1986) music video

The Origins of Culture Wars

How the concept of culture wars rooted in the social and political struggles of nineteenth century Germany.

by Robert D. Priest via History Workshop on January 27, 2026

Gov. Ronald Reagan confronted student protesters in Sacramento weeks before dismissing “intellectual luxuries.”

The Day the Purpose of College Changed

After February 28, 1967, the main reason to go was to get a job.

by Dan Berrett via The Chronicle of Higher Education on January 26, 2025

Trump Calls for More Patriotic Education

The president has blamed schools for spurring the unrest in several U.S. cities that has led in some cases to looting and fires.

by Laura Meckler, Moriah Balingit via Retropolis on September 17, 2020

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