How the New Republic Has Mattered

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 16, 2014

Franklin Foer, editor of The New Republic and Insurrections of the Mind: 100 Years of Politics and Culture in America, discusses the magazine's 100th birthday, and the new book that compiles some of the most important essays and authors that have graced its pages.

Some Images of Covers from The New Republic's First 100 Years

A new book compiles 100 years of essays and reporting from the pages of The New Republic

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