We Are All God’s Poems We Are All God’s Poems
We all want to be joined in holy metonymy. You are a part of me, we want God to say, that stands for the whole of me. Instead of immanent, just say man. Instead of wishbone, just…
Jul 12, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Amit Majmudar
Can Chile’s Radical New Constitution Survive a Vote? Can Chile’s Radical New Constitution Survive a Vote?
The new Chilean Constitution would be one of the most progressive in the world, but passage is anything but certain.
Jul 11, 2022 / Natacha López
More Money for the Pentagon Won’t Make Us Safe More Money for the Pentagon Won’t Make Us Safe
Spending $1.4 trillion to address a narrowly defined concept of national security should be considered budgetary malpractice on an immeasurably grand scale.
Jul 11, 2022 / William D. Hartung
The Rise of Bad Art and the Decline of Political Candor The Rise of Bad Art and the Decline of Political Candor
Though the language of cliché has switched from the middle-class respectability of the 1950s to our current obsessions with “inclusion” and concern for the marginalized, the practi...
Jul 11, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich
The Artwork of Guantánamo Detainees The Artwork of Guantánamo Detainees
Interrogated, tortured, and held for decades without charges, Gitmo prisoners held onto their humanity by creating art.
Jul 11, 2022 / Feature / Erin L. Thompson
Journey to Guantánamo: A Week in America’s Notorious Penal Colony Journey to Guantánamo: A Week in America’s Notorious Penal Colony
A journalist heads to the US naval base and detention center, seeking out truths we’re not meant to see.
Jul 11, 2022 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi
The Democrats at a Crossroads The Democrats at a Crossroads
Michael Kazin’s new book examines the contradictory past and uncertain future of the Democratic Party.
Jul 11, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas Lemann
Republicans Are Attacking Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor for Saying Slavery Was Terrible Republicans Are Attacking Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor for Saying Slavery Was Terrible
Conservative politicians and commentators are circulating carefully edited clips of a speech by Mandela Barnes and claiming to be outraged.
Jul 8, 2022 / John Nichols