Books and Ideas

A Protester holds a Trump puppet

Who’s the Dummy? Who’s the Dummy?

A wall, Trump says, will keep us safe From every scary Guatemalan. And count on Fox to back him up, Like Pravda always backed up Stalin. But Pravda got the party line That it was o…

Mar 15, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin

California wildfires

Facing the Climate Crisis: A Conversation With David Wallace-Wells Facing the Climate Crisis: A Conversation With David Wallace-Wells

The New York magazine writer confirms our worst fears about climate change–but insists there’s still hope.

Mar 15, 2019 / Natasha Ishak

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

ignore this…

Mar 14, 2019 / Matt Bors

Agustín Fernández Mallo’s Novel About Everything

Agustín Fernández Mallo’s Novel About Everything Agustín Fernández Mallo’s Novel About Everything

The Spanish writer’s sprawling Nocilla trilogy is a contemporary epic.

Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jessica Loudis

The Lost Internationalism of Wendell Willkie

The Lost Internationalism of Wendell Willkie The Lost Internationalism of Wendell Willkie

David Levering Lewis’s new biography recovers Willkie’s anti-imperialist vision.

Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Zipp

What Happened to Wisconsin?

What Happened to Wisconsin? What Happened to Wisconsin?

The fight over the once-progressive state.

Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / John B. Judis

Hunting for Lions and Liberation

Hunting for Lions and Liberation Hunting for Lions and Liberation

Rachel Ingalls’s 1983 novel Binstead’s Safari is a fable-like account of the price of feminism and the freedom from domesticity.

Mar 13, 2019 / Maya Binyam

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Green New Compromise The Green New Compromise

Coming soon, to an op-ed near you!

Mar 12, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Mike Oliver

In Memoriam: Mike Oliver In Memoriam: Mike Oliver

The British sociologist revolutionized the field of disability studies. 

Mar 8, 2019 / Ravi Malhotra

Trump’s Justification for Giving His Son-in-Law a Security Clearance

Trump’s Justification for Giving His Son-in-Law a Security Clearance Trump’s Justification for Giving His Son-in-Law a Security Clearance

A clearance for Jared’s an absolute must. Though he might be lacking the CIA’s trust, Restrictions on Jared just had to surcease, For Jared alone can bring Middle East peace. In de…

Mar 7, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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