ISIS Wants You to Hate Muslims

It’s convinced that Islamophobia—and deeper Western intervention in the Syrian war—will help it attract recruits.

The Editors

Using Art to Expose What Government Hides: An Interview With Laurie Anderson

Anderson’s conceptual art transported a former Guantánamo detainee, now banned from the US, to New York City.

Laura Flanders

A Lesson for Paris Climate Talks: Follow the Activists

At home and abroad, the grassroots wing of the climate movement is disrupting politics as usual. We should pay attention.

Mark Hertsgaard

5 Books That Shed Light on the Cultural Revolution

“The most intriguing books draw out the continuities between contemporary China and its Maoist past.”

Chenxin Jiang

To Defeat ISIS, We Must Call Both Western and Muslim Leaders to Account

And that includes the Saudi kings whose funding of Wahhabi doctrine gave rise to the scourge of Islamic extremism.

Laila Lalami

Ben Carson’s Past and Present

Calvin Trillin

The Crazier the Republican Candidates Sound, the More Popular They Become

Send in the clowns.

Eric Alterman

How the Rich Look Down on Migration

David Brooks’s $120,000 trip around the world shows us that everything looks beautiful from a distance.

Patricia J. Williams

Letters From the December 7, 2015, Issue

Quantum of science… misreading progress… crack up, fall down…

Our Readers and David Rieff