History’s Sinkhole History’s Sinkhole
How did the US-Mexican border become the place where the American past chokes on itself?
Oct 22, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin
Jim Crow II Jim Crow II
A history of the fight for voting rights and the movement to restrict them once again.
Oct 22, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman
Sinners Sinners
Jia Zhangke’s Touch of Sin, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, and other highs (and lows) from the New York Film Festival.
Oct 22, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Denise Levertov’s poetic communion with the world.
Oct 22, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
The ‘I Hate Israel’ Handbook The ‘I Hate Israel’ Handbook
Max Blumenthal’s carelessly constructed case against the Jewish state won’t help the occupation’s victims.
Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
The Long and Short of Memory The Long and Short of Memory
What the modern science of memory owes to the amnesiac patient H.M.
Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Charles Gross
An Organized Jumble An Organized Jumble
For all its postmodern flair, the revamped Benjamin Franklin Museum is surprisingly traditional and constrained.
Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein
Dignity’s Due Dignity’s Due
Why are philosophers invoking the notion of human dignity to revitalize theories of political ethics?
Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Lucien Jaume’s Tocqueville: The Aristocratic Sources of Liberty.
Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Elias Altman
Eric Schlosser and the Illusion of Nuclear Weapons Safety Eric Schlosser and the Illusion of Nuclear Weapons Safety
A new book explores the alarming threat of accidental nuclear detonations.
Oct 15, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Robert Jervis