The Thomas and Mattoon families
Working in the slum areas of New York City
Pacifism and socialism
Civil liberties in time of war
Running for elective office
Running for President
The Depression years
The 1932 presidential election and the New Deal
Arkansas sharecroppers
The sharecropper problem and the Roosevelt administration
The decline of the Socialist Party
Between elections
Opposing a United States President and a New Jersey mayor
Fascism, communism and pacifism
Opposing United States' entry into World War II
The internment of Japanese-Americans and other wartime civil rights violations
Taking stock
The final run for the presidency
Opposing nuclear testing, supporting disarmament
Reevaluating socialism
Confronting racism, the Vietnam War, and injustice
The great dissenter
Declining health
Summing up.