The Gadfly and the Spider The Gadfly and the Spider
Justin E.H. Smith wants to convince academic philosophers that it’s a problem to define philosophy narrowly as a Western endeavor.
Aug 10, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Nausicaa Renner
Before the 1 Percenters, There Were the Uzedas Before the 1 Percenters, There Were the Uzedas
In The Viceroys, Frederico De Roberto’s novel of the Risorgimento, the Uzeda family corrupts everything it touches.
Aug 10, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Frederika Randall
‘They’re Coming for the Ones You Love’: My Weekend of Gun Training in the Desert ‘They’re Coming for the Ones You Love’: My Weekend of Gun Training in the Desert
At Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, fear is a booming business.
Aug 10, 2016 / Feature / Patrick Blanchfield
Paul Ryan Won His Primary, but He’s Still the GOP’s Fading Star Paul Ryan Won His Primary, but He’s Still the GOP’s Fading Star
The only time we hear from Ryan anymore is when Donald Trump talks about him.
Aug 9, 2016 / John Nichols
Did Donald Trump Just Suggest Hillary Should Be Assassinated? Did Donald Trump Just Suggest Hillary Should Be Assassinated?
It’s not about what Trump truly meant, but what his supporters will hear.
Aug 9, 2016 / George Zornick
Donald Trump Is Already Setting Up His Next Con Donald Trump Is Already Setting Up His Next Con
Trump’s lies about election rigging will do real damage to a Clinton presidency.
Aug 9, 2016 / Joan Walsh
The Circus and This Year’s Presidential Election Have More in Common Than You Think The Circus and This Year’s Presidential Election Have More in Common Than You Think
Elephants, a ringleader who’s a walking Ponzi scheme, and insults flying left and right—welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth.
Aug 9, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt
Hillary Clinton’s Embrace of Kissinger Is Inexcusable Hillary Clinton’s Embrace of Kissinger Is Inexcusable
Bernie Sanders should call on her to repudiate him as the war criminal he is.
Aug 9, 2016 / Greg Grandin
The Sanders Movement Is Only Just Beginning The Sanders Movement Is Only Just Beginning
After a campaign that forced Democrats to have a real debate about ideas, Sanders and his supporters are now moving—and fighting—to continue the political revolution they started.
Aug 9, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Brand Yeezy Brand Yeezy
To what extent can Kanye West continue to foreground the commercial components that make his art possible before we no longer consider him an artist at all?
Aug 9, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Angela Flournoy