An independent, ad-free leftist magazine of critical essays, poetry, fiction, and art.

Charlotte E. Rosen is a historian, writer, and editor based in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Incendiary Schemes

    Incendiary Schemes

    Charlotte Rosen reviews Bench Ansfield’s new book, Born in Flames—a stunning and revelatory analysis of the systematic, profitable, and deadly arson schemes that were perpetrated by landlords and insurance companies in the Bronx during the 1970s.

  • The End of Resistance History

    The End of Resistance History

    As the Biden administration is swept into the dustbin, Charlotte Rosen wonders: what was the liberal Hashtag-Resistance “Twitterstorian”? And, as a product of the first Trump term, what did commentators like Heather Cox Richardson morph into during Biden?