Recommended Reading

We are launching a new, weekly (or more often) roundup of books and articles recommended by Hold the Line Maryland members. These links will be added to the Resources>Books & Articles of Interest page on this website.

Books

Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. (2020). You can read an excerpt in the Atlantic here. Listen to an interview with the author on NPR here.

Magazine Articles

“The Constitution of Knowledge,” by Jonathan Rauch, in National Affairs (Fall 2018).

“Trump’s Most Malicious Legacy,” by Peter Wehner, in the Atlantic (December 7, 2020).

Newspaper Articles & Op-Eds

“It Started With ‘Birtherism’: There’s a Pattern Here,” by Jamelle Bouie, New York Times (November 24, 2020).

“McCarthyism Was Never Defeated. Trumpism Won’t Be Either,” by Beverly Gage, Washington Post (December 4, 2020).