History - Think

Why Latino Is A Race

February 7, 2018 History, Race/Identity

UCLA professor Laura E. Gómez joins us to talk about the role Mexican Americans have played in U.S. racial history.

A History Of Transgender America

February 6, 2018 History, Race/Identity

Susan Stryker joins us to walk through the last half-century of progress made by transgender Americans.

Separate And Unequal: What the History Books Left Out

February 1, 2018 History, Race/Identity

Paul Ortiz joins us to talk about the achievements of LatinX and African Americans throughout history – and about efforts to keep them apart in order to hinder their progress.

America Was Built On Slavery

January 29, 2018 History, Politics, Race/Identity

Annette Gordon-Reed joins us to talk about how America has struggled since its founding to deal with slavery.

The Way Vietnam Could Have Gone

January 26, 2018 History, Politics

Historian Max Boot joins us to talk about how CIA operative Edward Lansdale’s diplomatic efforts in Vietnam were squashed by the American industrial complex.

Colombia’s Long Road To Recovery

January 24, 2018 History, Politics

Alma Guillermoprieto joins us to talk about the future of Colombia after decades of civil war.

Exposing The Photo Archives Of Black History

January 23, 2018 History, Race/Identity

Darcy Eveleigh and Rachel Swarns talk about images of 20th century black life recently discovered in the Times’ archives.

Hoaxes And Fake News: Why We Love To Believe

January 22, 2018 Best of Think, History

Author Kevin Young joins us to talk about the rise of our post-truth society and the origins of fake news.

One Of The Little Rock Nine Remembers

January 17, 2018 History, Race/Identity

Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the ‘Little Rock Nine,’ joins us to talk about the day in 1957 when Little Rock’s schools became integrated– and the long aftermath.