Worth A Glance
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What if Dems didn’t scuttle Henry Wallace VP nomination in 1944?
Responsible Statecraft · October 27, 2026 — Historians Peter Kuznick and Ivana Nikolić Hughes revisit the 1944 Democratic convention, where party leaders replaced Vice President Henry Wallace with Harry Truman on FDR’s ticket. They ask how the Cold War and the nuclear arms race might have unfolded had Wallace stayed.
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Freedom on the Net 2026: Seismic Shifts on the Global Internet
Freedom House · October 2026 — Internet freedom fell worldwide for the 16th straight year, according to Freedom House’s annual survey. Iran’s prolonged national shutdown produced the steepest decline, Russia moved to wall its citizens off from the global internet, and Bangladesh showed the greatest improvement.
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The New Transatlantic Bargain
Council on Foreign Relations · October 2026 — The postwar bargain of American protection in exchange for European loyalty is wearing thin. CFR’s Matthias Matthijs argues that a more self-reliant Europe within a rebalanced NATO would serve American interests better than a weakened, divided one.
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On the Road with Dorothea Lange: Staging an American Archive
Living New Deal · August 24, 2026 — Poet Tess Taylor retraced Dorothea Lange’s Farm Security Administration routes across California and turned Lange’s road notebooks into a play, Last West.
