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The article focuses on the liberal era in U.S. historiography and discusses the contributions made by historians Arthur M. Schlesinger and C. Vann Woodward. Topics include how both historians shaped twentieth century American history through their writing, the politics of historiography in the U.S., and the books "The Letters of Arthur Schlesinger Jr." and "The Letters of C. Vann Woodward."

The article discusses the popularity of adult coloring books in the U.S. in 1962. Topics include the political and satirical aspects of 1960s adult coloring books, the therapeutic intent of adult coloring books as of 2016, and the relation of 1960s interest in adult coloring books to psychoanalysis. The history of widely available crayons is addressed.

Asserts that U.S. President Bill Clinton must resign from office because of his capability to self-consciously lie to peers and the electorate. Statements of President over the sex scandal involving White House intern Monica Lewinsky; Explanation that President Clinton has lied from the point of political dishonesty; Criticism against Clinton's defense that the lie is about sex; Evidence that showed President Clinton has lied with indiscriminate abandon; Responsibility of a president in democratic polity.

Focuses on the efforts to characterize the 1970's. Inauguration of an exhibition of "American Painting in the 1970," in Buffalo;Comparison of 1970's with that of 1950; View that one of the true symbols of the 1950's was the Strategic Air Command, a prestige force that represented a national will within which the opposition still acted with as much sense of common purpose and identity as the majority; Information on the nonfiction bestseller lists of 1969; View that much of the social protest of the 1960's was primarily that of personal theater, which only seemed to have a public concern because it took place on the streets; Opinion that the 1970's deserve to be called a "Decade of Reaction" because, behind the conservatism, lies an amorality in the individual's association with his society that reaches back to the primitive.

Focuses on the political and social developments in the U.S. Discussion of U.S. President Warren Gamaliel Harding's nomination of Pierce Butler as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; Judicial attitude exhibited by Butler in dealing with one of the members of the staff of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Inference drawn about Harding from his act of nomination of Butler; Opposition of plans being put forward for the improvement of rural credit conditions by U.S. Senator Edwin F. Ladd, on the ground that they are more pleasing to bankers than farmers; Factors responsible for waste in railways; Concerns of the U.S. on the open door policy; Problems in French statesman Georges Clemenceau's attempt to bring about political and military cooperation between France and the U.S.; Functions of the Ku Klux Klan, a secret society of white men founded after the Civil War; Reasons for the deplorable state of Ireland; Issues related to the conviction and release of Ricardo Flores Magon, a Mexican anarchist.

Discusses the problems of the United States Postal Service. Decline in efficiency and morale; Investigations made by the Joint Commission on Postal Salaries; Allegations regarding the deterioration in the character and quality of the men going into the Service; Annual salaries of post office employees; Illustration of the attitude of government employees toward an employer who is forgiven much because of a feeling that the nation's business must be carried on.

Comments on the increasing negative perception toward communists in the U.S. Parallelism of movement with the practice of witch-hunting; Prevalence of falsehood in reports relating to the Soviet Union; Issuance of challenge for newspapers to examine their files regarding political plots; Propagation of anti-Soviet propaganda to perpetuate blockade; Contribution of propaganda to the political and social instability of the country.

Presents several political and socio-economic issues affecting the U.S and the world. Plan of the League of Nations to make Fiume an international port before reverting it to Italy; Intention of the Council of Four to cooperate with a neutral commission in sending to Russia supplies of food to save lives and to serve as the first step in an economic recovery that would offer an alternative to government by violence; Continuance of warfare of various armies in Russia; Dedication of a cemetery in France for American soldiers who died in the war; Fall of the Spartacide government in Munich; Declaration of French trade unions to cripple Paris with a general strike; Defeat of the Coalition government in the elections in England; Acceptance of the Liberals in the British parliament; Plan of the Spanish government to have a general election; Announcement of the Mexican government that it is not bound by the Monroe Doctrine or any other policy which limited its sovereignty; Story submitted by "New York Times" correspondents about the socio-political situation in Fiume; Proposals of the International Commission of Labor Legislation; Recommendations of the Commission for the formulation of program for government action; Assertion of National Erectors' Association that there is a definite disadvantage in the report released by the Commission; Conflicting opinions of newspapers as to where the responsibilities lies on the May Day riots; Appeal of President Woodrow Wilson to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations not to discuss the League of Nations Covenant; Claim of the Massachusetts State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration of the chances of peace in the Lawrence mills; Arguments of the observers for a national 8-hour day.

Argues that the 1917 U.S. Espionage Act violates the constitutional right of expressionistic freedom in a democratic society. Factual background on the basic liberties of speech protected under the First Amendment of the Federal Constitution; Imposition of criminal offenses on people caught speaking, writing, and printing articles against the government; Consideration for the inherent right of every person to voice their opinions on subjects which they believe will greatly affect them.

Presents several political and socio-economic issues affecting the U.S. Attempt of the Foreign Offices of Great Britain and Germany to make their enemy responsible for the increasingly frequent and flagrant violations in the international laws; Appeal of the State Department to allow the importation of food in Germany; Appointment on George Rublee in the new Trade Commission; Adjournment of the Congress and the assemblage to a searching investigation into the needs of the military establishment; Speech of Senator Albert Fall for advocating a joint intervention in Mexico by the U.S. and the so-called A.B.C. powers; Question on the Interstate Commerce Commission for alleged irregularities; Non-interference of the U.S. in the state of affairs in Mexico; Submission of a memorandum by the National Consumers' League to the Public Service Commission for the reduction of telephone service; Party politics in the Socialist Party; Plan of New York to follow Massachusetts in the matter of minimum wage legislation; Efforts of the seamen's union to urge Congress to pass a law to guarantee safety of common sailors; Death of Indian statesman G. K. Gokhale; News from various dispatches.

Presents several political and socio-economic issues affecting the U.S. Status of unemployment in the country; Speculations on the prices for exported wheat; Order of the U.S. District Attorney in Chicago to require the members of the Board of Trade to report all speculative accounts in wheat above 30,000 bushels; Efforts of the Board to end wheat price speculations; Plan of the Democratic Party to make William Howard Taft as the choice for the Republican nomination in 1916; Assertion of the Republicans that the legislative plans of Wilson have miscarried and that the administration is hopelessly wreck; Significance of the Progressives and other independent radicals in electoral tug-of-war between the Republicans and Democrats; Passage of the Booher-Hughes bill which requires goods made by prison contract when shipped into another state should become subject to the laws thereof; Debate in the House of Commons on the government appropriations for the army; Debates on the Illinois lower house on the question of party affiliations or liquor affiliations would determine the election of the speaker.

Presents information on the political and social conditions in the U.S. Issues related to U.S. President Herbert Hoover's appeal on behalf of the tariff bill; Efforts of Joseph R. Grundy, president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association, lobbyist for a prohibitive tariff and archetype of eastern conservatism, for the progress of backward states; Decision of Senator George William Norris of Nebraska, to succeed himself in the next year's election; Reasons for the abandonment of prohibition on liquor in Canada; Proposal of a resolution at the recent meeting of the League of Nations Assembly, declaring that a limit should be put on world production of drugs, and that each of the manufacturing countries should accept a quota; Conditions of the automobile industry in the U.S.; Impact of the Illinois election on the administration program; Effect of the resignation of John V.A. MacMurray, American Minister to China, upon relations between that country and the U.S.

Focuses on the social psychology in the U.S., with emphasis on the need to form groups. Need of a method for working within people toward specific controls and aims; Notes on the method; Role of the intellect in this method to keep the image of oneself, within the Whole, as strong, clear and pure; Need of creating entire persons, persons in vital function of the Whole.

Focuses on the political and social developments in the U.S. Issues discussed at the conference of French statesman Aristide Briand with German statesman Gustav Stresemann; Concerns of the U.S. on the purchase of German railway shares; Reference to John Maynard Keynes's article on the difficulty of collecting reparations, which will cause long hesitation in approving any project for selling German securities in the U.S. without a corresponding increase in Germany's productive facilities; Political conditions of China; Relations of China with the U.S. and Great Britain; Incidents of crime reported by the newspapers; Expectations from the American Legion to Paris in 1927; Confirmation of its new emigration policy by Japanese government at the South Pacific Trade Conference held in Tokyo, Japan; Details of the case of Mary King, a Quaker, who came to the U.S. from Ireland, and applied for citizenship; Objectives of establishing a company union of its employees to take the place of their existing trade union affiliations by "Manchester Guardian," a liberal newspaper of England; Suggestion of a scheme whereby paintings could be rented to the public at low prices and for brief periods of time.

Presents information on the political and social conditions in the U.S. Significance of Tammany Hall, a Democratic political organization of New York City, in the social improvement of New York; Difference between New York politics of today and New York politics of twenty years ago; Ratification by the voters of New York state of the proposal to reorganize the state government in the agitation for the short ballot; Changes made by the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee in fixing tax rates; Comparison of the tax rates of income taxpayers fixed by the Committee with that of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew William Mellon; Levies on all forms of property and income proposed by French premier Paul Painleve; Details of Painleve's program related to tax collections; Factors affecting share prices at New York Stock Exchange; Theories of the American College set forth at the meeting of the Alumni Council at Amherst, New York.

Focuses on the social and economic conditions of farmers and the history of agriculture in the U.S. Study conducted by Edwin G. Nourse of the Institute of Economics entitled American Agriculture and the European Market, to provide experience of the farmers since 1920 in its true background; Need of fundamental changes in the agricultural systems; Increase in the American agricultural exports to Europe, due to the availability of free lands from 1870 to 1900; Decrease in the availability of free land, leading to higher labor costs and food prices, in the present century; Decrease in the import of American farm products in Europe, due to the low purchasing power of the Continent; Development of own agricultural crops by Germany and France; Decrease in the American farm exports to Europe; Improvement in the conditions of farmers after 1900, as demand in the home industrial market rapidly increased; Impact of the World War I on the agriculture of Europe; Increase in the dependence of European agriculture on American farm products, which they bought by taking loans; Pressure on American farmers to produce as much as they could, on low prices; Downward trend in the American agricultural; exports; Need for the encouragement of home agriculture in Europe, and purchase of as much of the deficient requirements as possible in other markets than the United States.

Focuses on social conditions of the people living in highland regions of the U.S. Religious beliefs of the people; Significance of the Bible for the people; Decline in the Catholicism of Americans; Methods used by clergy for preaching; Beliefs of the Old Regular Baptists; Belief of a preacher that the Holy Spirit will put the right words into his mouth; Emphasis on school education laid down by North Carolina and South Carolina; Increase in the salaries of teachers; Comments of the people of Appalachia, on the American participation in the World War I; Plans of social and economic development of these regions.

Focuses on the social conditions of the citizens of the U.S. Reasons behind the day-to-day problems of the citizens which in turn are disconcerting and puzzling; Overview of the present political order and social classes in the U.S. that have resulted in the advent of cooperative individualism that goes against the psychology of the citizens; Effect of substandard government on the social conditions of the U.S.; Essence behind the requirement of intellectual rather than moral awakening in the U.S.

Focuses on racial moralities and mental health of people of Boston, Massachusetts, based on a journalists' investigation of the state of affairs. Conclusion that the general moral health of Boston is not noticeably worse than that of other cities; Discussion of Boston's transgressions as stigmata of the whole current civilization of the U.S.; Claim that the city government, social and financial power remains in the hands of the Anglo-Saxon Puritans; Discussion of effect of environment on racial characteristics both in Europe and the United States, in analyzing racism in Boston; Dominance of American psychology in the feeling of racial solidarity in Boston; Improper action in handling cases by district attorneys; Removal of several district attorneys as a corrective action; Analysis of the scandal in the administration of public office being an Irish affair; Possible effects of increasing economic stratification of the community on moralities.

Comments on the Irish population in Boston, Massachusetts. Changes in the social and political structure of Boston; Reasons why the Irish dominate the political scene in Boston; Argument that Boston's political unit does not include the surrounding suburbs in which more than half of the residents of the urban area dwell; Decision of the prosperous Yankees to move out of the suburbs; Factor causing many early Irish immigrants to fail to do well in the United States; Irish immigration to Boston; Success of the Irish in Boston to get along well with their Anglo-Saxon neighbors.

Discusses the report issued by the Women's Bureau in the United States Department of Labor, called "The New Position of Women in American Industry". Survey by the Y.M.C.A.; Observation that in the nation a whole women did their work exceedingly well; Increase in the percentage of women employees; Insistence on greater freedom of choice for women workers.

Points out that English literature in the United States is suffering from a reaction after the war. Deliberately exaggerated literature of what the French used to call aquoibonisme; Right-mindedness; Literary habit in the volume of Georgian Poetry; Need for the poet to remain conscious up to the extreme point where complete consciousness is no longer possible; Cause of indeterminateness.

Discusses the lessons which can be learned from the unauthorized strike staged by the railway workers in the United States. Supposedly the most disciplined and conservative of labor unions; Intense restlessness of labor; Revolt of the rank and file against agreements made by their leaders; Observation that the grievances of the railway workers were so ancient and unbearable; Spontaneous outbursts.

Describes the post-World War I condition of the U.S. Disappearance of post-war politics; Existence of bigotry and persecution; Difficulty of cleaning up the mess before the country can exhibit its landscape and strength to strangers; Remainder of the sufferings of the citizens.

Presents an update on recent socio-political developments. Speculations concerning the health of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in the political circle of the country; Comment on the problems ahead of Steel Corp. in spite of decent profits from the First World War; Comparison between race riots in Omaha with that in states of Washington and Chicago.

The article describes the predicament of the veterans of the Bonus Army, an assemblage of about 20,000 World War I veterans in the U.S., their families and other affiliated groups who sought immediate payment of a bonus in 1932. The heroes of 1918 were transformed into thieves, plug-uglies and degenerates. Official libels tagged them as rebels and outlaws. For instance, a veteran's wife and children were refused admission to a hotel even though they offered to pay for a room in advance.

Comments on the refusal of the Hoover administration to assist the drought-stricken citizens through the release of governmental loans in the U.S. Conflict between the administration and the Senate on the appropriation of government spending for food loans; Insistence of President Herbert Hoover on the role of the Red Cross in giving food to the starving farmers; Question on the efforts of the government to keep cattle alive and to help raise future crops when it avoided in providing food loans.

Focuses on trends in personal relations in the U.S. Confusion in standards by which to judge a style in relationships until it has what any style deserves, a, language, a poetry of its own; American personal relations burdened with patterns of a different kind of a society at a different period in history; Development of a distinctive style and tempo by Americans; Influence of school class, age groups, office, associations on American relationships; Description of courtship period in American relationships.

Presents information on the political and social conditions in the U.S. Charges of land management supervisor Ralph S. Kelley regarding the oil-shale land in western Colorado; Role of Hubert Work, Secretary of the Interior, in the charges directed against him by Kelley; Estimates of the annual consumption of alcoholic beverages; Comparison of the expenditures on liquor by the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment with that of the U.S. government; Consequences of the consumption of liquor on national life; Dispute among New York theater managers concerning orchestra seats in the box office and theater tickets; Ridicule of miniature golf; Narration of the tragic story of a German sailor Alwin Krammer.

The article discusses the impact of individualism and corporations on social and economic life of Americans. Individualism has been treated as the distinctive achievement and glory of Americans; however, some critics held that it was the source of backwardness. The author asserts that the U.S. has steadily moved from an earlier individualism to a condition of dominant corporateness. The impact of business corporations on economic activities and all phases of American life is discussed.

Presents information about the social conditions in various states of the U.S. Journey through the Pullman cars; Competition among cars to provide meals in the dining-car, and train equipment; Various social issues raised in the Middle West such as indecent magazines, congestion of automobile traffic, others; Various political developments taking place in the Middle West; Publication of more news and fewer comics in the journals of the Middle West; Impact of the Big Bill Thompson on Chicagoans.

Focuses on the various aspects of movement for farm relief in the corn belt region in the U.S. Discussion on the export plan which has appeared as the McNary-Haugen, the Dickinson, the Haugen bill, in the U.S. Congress; Attempt of the corn belt people to force this export plan upon the Republicans as an extension of the tariff principle; Effect of tariff reduction on the price level; View that the main task of the corn belt right now is to keep this movement for farm relief being used for the benefit of political parties rather than of agriculture.

Presents information on the political and social conditions in the U.S. Progress of negotiations at the peace conference in Locarno, Switzerland; Impact of Germany's entrance into the League of Nations on the League's efficiency; Proposal of dictator and Fascist Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini to convert Italy into a Fascist state; Reference to the interchange regarding the Soviet Union at the convention of the American Federation of Labor between Arthur A. Purcell, a fraternal delegate of the British union, and President William Green; Discussion for a new legislation related to tenants.

The article presents a reprint of a story by Susanne K. Langer which appears in the February 1, 1922 issue of the journal and addresses how many European immigrants who were seeking refuge from places such as Serbia were deported after arriving at Ellis Island in New York. The concept of the U.S. as the Promised Land for immigrants who have sold their belongings and homes in their native countries is examined, along with passports and immigration quotes in America.

Argues that the selection of Jack Kemp by the Republican Party seems to have done little to sway African American voters from their allegiance to U.S. President Bill Clinton and to the Democratic Party. Results of studies on political affiliation of African Americans; Attitude of African Americans toward efforts of Newt Gingrich and the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress to reach out to minorities; Actions taken by Clinton to attract African American voters; Role of the Democrats' African American working group in planning to reach African Americans.

Focuses on the ever-growing influence of racist political organization Ku Klux Klan in the U.S. Overview of the political presence of the organization in various states; Misconception that the Ku Klux Klan only contains outlaws of the society; Policies adopted by the organization to build its base in every region of the U.S. it enters; Objective of the organization and the social conditions in the U.S. after the First World War that led the members of the organization to follow its philosophy; Impact of the organization on the society regardless of its existence.

Presents an account of events that reflect on offense against various facets of social freedom in the U.S. Mention of statements and activities of those in favor of freedom of speech and those who disagree or are compelled by law to do so; Overview of an incident in which a war veteran student was assaulted for charges of upholding the right of students to make facetious remarks from dormitory windows while the Reserve Officers Training Corps was parading on the campus; Comment on the activities of the government to deal with those advocating social freedom; Social effect of wealth acquired by the U.S. in view of her victory in the First World War.

Argues that the leaders of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) seem unable to choose with discrimination the issues for which the organized labor movement can afford to stand courageously and unequivocally. Labor problems in the railroad and construction industries; Growth of legislative and judicial attitudes toward trade unions; Consequences of the denial of simple civil rights to trade unions and workers.

Argues that suburbia, the vast and aimless drift of human beings, spreading in every direction about the cities in the United States demonstrates the incapacity of civilization to foster concrete ways and means for living well. Creation of a Suburbia, which is a common refuge from life; Observation that the remedy is an aggravation of the disease.

Presents some observations regarding coeducation in colleges in the United States during the spring. Boys and girls seeing one another in classes, as well as on dancing floors; Day after day, seeing one another in sweaters and shirtwaists; Making love together; Finding a suitable mate.

Comments on the efforts of some citizens to stir social and political unrest by spreading reports of plans to overthrow the government by force and violence in the U.S. Criticism against proposed legislation that calls for prosecution of opinion which might directly be construed as leading to a hostile act; Citation of the prevalence of phrases that uses metaphors to enlist enthusiasm; Presentation of argument on the equivalence of abstract belief on certain doctrines to advocating force and violence; Disapproval over the idea of providing legal power to some people to prosecute because of thoughts and beliefs; Censure against intolerance.

Denounces the practice of lynching in the U.S. Determination of mortality rate due to lynching; Assertion of the disgrace associated with the practice; Negation of several myths connected to lynching; Identification of the practice as a crime against law and democracy; Call for a National Conference on Lynching; Emphasis on eliminating the legal immunity enjoyed by lynchers; Declaration of lynching as a challenge to the authority of the state.

Focuses on the importance of women employment in industries in the U.S. Response of women on the call of the industry for their help especially during the war; Detection of the employment of women even before the war; Increase in the number of employed women during the war; Move of women to work because of economic pressure; Significance of the contribution of employed women to the family income to ease the impact of the increasing cost of living in the country; Expectation for the industry to make conditions more acceptable to women employees.

Focuses on the status of women in the entry of the U.S. to the war in Europe. Impression of the author on the war as the immediate duty in hand, the thing that must be settled before the world can resume sane living; Criticism of people supporting women's causes for representing women as atypical; Effect of the war on the life of women; Contention of the author that people should share the burden of the war's work and the responsibility of its outcome.

Presents letters to the editor related political and social issues in the U.S. Comment on the article titled "The Libby Holman Case," published in the November 2, 1932 issue; Quotation from an official report by the U.S. Department of State regarding the homeless people in the nation; Information on essays by Americans in which they described the American scene.

The article examines the possibility of a mass literary movement toward communism in the U.S. in 1932. A questionnaire dealing with the relation between literature and politics from "The Modern Quarterly" was cited. One issue was about whether American capitalism was doomed to inevitable failure and collapse. Another question had to do with the writer's relation to the social crisis. Still another asked the writer whether becoming a Communist deepened an artist's work.

Discusses the French press' coverage of the American social and political affairs. Presentation of problems of bread rations and coal within the framework of American aid to France; Impressions of what Americans consider the perfect American woman; Objection to a weekly program of "The Voice of Freethinkers"; Issues, demands and accusations published in the inaugural issue of Paris publication "Dissidence 40".

The article reports on social and political developments in the U.S. A faculty member of the University of Missouri was dismissed after circulating a sex questionnaire among male and female students. Alfred L. Hoffman and Edward M. McGrady of the American Federation of Labor have been kidnapped by a gang in Elizabethton, Tennessee. A six-year-old child was sentenced for fifteen years for shooting his playmate with his father's gun in Paintsville, Kentucky.

Focuses on the state of civil liberties in the United States by discussing the report of the Civil Liberties Union. Attitude of the Union on the part of the press toward the cause of freedom of speech; Disappointment due to comment about the issue of the right of minorities to full and free expression of their particular beliefs, in the report; Estimation of total expenditures, for operating expenses and for campaign work in the budget of the Union; Decline in number of mob violence and lynching during the year as compared to previous year; Increase in meetings broken by police, arrests under local laws in free-speech; Inclusion of the issues such as the restriction on teaching evolution, denial of citizenship to pacifists refusing to bear arms and the growing invasion of the rights of defendants in criminal trials in the report.

The article discusses the decadence of American social life and customs. Historical retrospective on the impact of change in American society; Changes in the manner of dressing and fashion in American society; Revision of the sexual roles in dressing; Decline in the fine contempt for art aesthetics; Impact of the changes in the way of life in the decadence of social life and customs.