David Silverman: Native Americans and the Making of Race in the U.S.

David Silverman talks about his book, The Chosen and the Damned: Native Americans and the Making of Race in the United States. When the colonial era began, Europeans did not consider themselves as “Whites,” and Native Americans did not think of themselves as “Indians.” Yet as a genocidal struggle for America unfolded over the course of generations, all that changed. Silverman restores the defining role Native people have played, and continue to play, in our national history. David J.…

Michael Hayden: When White Nationalists Move Into Town

Michael Edison Hayden discusses his book, "Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town." When an influential white nationalist group relocated its headquarters to Berkeley Springs, West Viginia, the town reacted in all sorts of ways. Hayden recounts the story of what happened to the white nationalists, the merchants reliant upon tourism, and his personal struggles covering this troubling beat. Michael Edison Hayden is an investigative reporter and a…