Letters From the November 11/December 7, 2020, Issue Letters From the November 11/December 7, 2020, Issue
Hofstadter’s legacy…
Nov 17, 2020 / Our Readers and Jeet Heer
The Radical Origins of Self-Help Literature The Radical Origins of Self-Help Literature
How did the genre of self-help go from one focused on collective empowerment to one serving the class hierarchy as it stands?
Nov 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson
In the Event of My Death In the Event of My Death
What used to be a rope descending my vertebrae to the basement of my spine grows thin. In solidarity with my chemotherapy, our cat leaves her whiskers on the hardwood floor, and I…
Nov 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Katie Farris
everybody dies everybody dies
Almost every man I know talks too goddamn much. All my favorite poets are women & gods. What I really miss is the pavement at midnight, my elongated shadow. There are mornings…
Nov 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Justin Rovillos Monson
Kim Stanley Robinson Bears Witness to Our Climate Futures Kim Stanley Robinson Bears Witness to Our Climate Futures
A conversation with the acclaimed sci-fi novelist about the climate crisis, activism, utopia, and his new novel, The Ministry for the Future.
Nov 17, 2020 / Q&A / Lewis Gordon
American Democracy Was Never Supposed to Work American Democracy Was Never Supposed to Work
Without a practical plan for revising the Constitution, Democrats will be condemned to play by rigged rules.
Nov 17, 2020 / Richard Kreitner
There Are More People Being Displaced Than Ever Before There Are More People Being Displaced Than Ever Before
World War II displaced 60 million people. Today, climate change, conflicts and crises around the world have displaced nearly 80 million.
Nov 16, 2020 / Nick Turse
Nebraska’s Last Blue Electoral Vote? Nebraska’s Last Blue Electoral Vote?
Omaha gave Biden an electoral vote. The GOP wants to make sure that never happens again.
Nov 16, 2020 / Ross Benes
The Coup That Succeeded The Coup That Succeeded
The most dangerous blows to American democracy have come not from Trump but from the national security establishment.
Nov 16, 2020 / Jeet Heer
