Books and Ideas

Naomi Klein Knows a Green New Deal Is Our Only Hope Against Climate Catastrophe

Naomi Klein Knows a Green New Deal Is Our Only Hope Against Climate Catastrophe Naomi Klein Knows a Green New Deal Is Our Only Hope Against Climate Catastrophe

In her new book, Klein argues that our current crisis cannot be separated from a long history and brutal present of human exploitation.

Sep 10, 2019 / Q&A / Lynne Feeley

What Inspired ‘Lolita’?

What Inspired ‘Lolita’? What Inspired ‘Lolita’?

Sarah Weinman’s new book traces the true crime that influenced Nabokov and the writing of his novel.

Sep 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

We’re Getting These Murals All Wrong

We’re Getting These Murals All Wrong We’re Getting These Murals All Wrong

The Arnautoff murals in San Francisco have been denounced as demeaning and triggering, and defended as an exposé of America’s racist past. Both sides miss the point.

Sep 10, 2019 / Feature / Robin D.G. Kelley

Single-Payer Health Care Is the First Step in the Revolution

Single-Payer Health Care Is the First Step in the Revolution Single-Payer Health Care Is the First Step in the Revolution

Timothy Faust’s new book is part history, part manifesto, and part irreverent tour guide to America’s deeply flawed health insurance system.

Sep 9, 2019 / Zachary Siegel

Wendell Berry’s Lifelong Dissent 

Wendell Berry’s Lifelong Dissent  Wendell Berry’s Lifelong Dissent 

At the core of both his writing and activism is the insight that we can’t imagine a harmonious future without confronting the destruction in our past.

Sep 9, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jedediah Britton-Purdy

What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class?

What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class? What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class?

Some of the strongest evidence that our country needs structural change, that our problems go much deeper than one white nationalist president, lies in history that is rarely taugh...

Sep 5, 2019 / StudentNation / Abe Asher

Transfixing and Repellent: Susan Steinberg’s Fictions of Insidious Masculinity

Transfixing and Repellent: Susan Steinberg’s Fictions of Insidious Masculinity Transfixing and Repellent: Susan Steinberg’s Fictions of Insidious Masculinity

Her debut novel, Machine, looks at how the language, codes, and culture of men subordinate one teenage girl on vacation.  

Sep 5, 2019 / Kyle Paoletta

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Bret Stephens vs. Bedbug-Man Bret Stephens vs. Bedbug-Man

Bedbugs like to hide in small cracks and crevices—but they can’t get into safe spaces.

Sep 4, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

A Blueprint for an Anticapitalist Life

A Blueprint for an Anticapitalist Life A Blueprint for an Anticapitalist Life

In the T Fleischmann’s book-length essay, Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through, they present a theory of identity and community outside the strictures of hegemony.

Sep 4, 2019 / Becca Schuh

The Faith You Can’t See: A Q&A With Lyz Lenz

The Faith You Can’t See: A Q&A With Lyz Lenz The Faith You Can’t See: A Q&A With Lyz Lenz

In God Land, Lenz explores the evolution of faith in the heartland, revealing contradictions and nuance about religion’s changing place in America.

Sep 3, 2019 / Alex Norcia

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