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James Traub

James Traub’s book on civic education, Teaching America, will be published in early 2026.

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February 6, 2025

I Visited Dozens of Civics Classrooms. The Right’s Attacks Are Wrong.

Virtually all of the teachers I met regard viewpoint neutrality as a sacred obligation. It’s Trump’s order that is relentlessly ideological.

December 17, 2012

The Ambassador Wears Prada: Why Anna Wintour is Perfectly Qualified to be a Diplomat

February 10, 2012

Intervention in Syria Is Morally Justified—and Completely Impractical

March 1, 1993

For Whom the Bell Tolls

February 29, 1988

Deeper and Deeper