Iran war restores King Dollar’s crown, for now

March 27, 2026
William Pesek

From Thailand to Philippines to South Korea, Asia is getting crushed between surging oil and a surprisingly resurgent US dollar

Investors have fled to dollar safety during the Iran war. Image: AI Generated

Repression in the Classroom

March 27, 2026
Paul Buhle

Jane S. Smith, A Blacklist Education: American History, a Family Mystery, and a Teacher Under Fire (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2025), 224 pages, $26.95, hardcover.

Natalie Zemon Davis and Elizabeth Douvan, Operation Mind: A Brief Documentary Account of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. And Why It Matters Now (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Disobedience Press/University of Michigan Press, 2025), 118 pages, $15, paperback.