Books and Ideas

Why ‘Overmatch’ Is Overkill

Why ‘Overmatch’ Is Overkill Why ‘Overmatch’ Is Overkill

The Pentagon’s strategy for global supremacy could bankrupt the country and spark a world war.

Dec 20, 2018 / Feature / Michael T. Klare

Fish market

We Have Entered A Dangerous Moral Universe We Have Entered A Dangerous Moral Universe

What futures can we imagine when we no longer trust our senses?

Dec 19, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

‘Survivor’ and the Strange Thrill of Late Capitalism’s Reality TV

‘Survivor’ and the Strange Thrill of Late Capitalism’s Reality TV ‘Survivor’ and the Strange Thrill of Late Capitalism’s Reality TV

The show fabricates a society to study how power is distributed within it, and in doing so, magnifies the demands that capitalism makes of ordinary people.

Dec 18, 2018 / Erin Schwartz

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‘Conspiracy Theorists’ Refute Trump’s Fact-Filled Tweets ‘Conspiracy Theorists’ Refute Trump’s Fact-Filled Tweets

Sad!

Dec 18, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

The Black Feminist Roots of James Baldwin’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’

The Black Feminist Roots of James Baldwin’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ The Black Feminist Roots of James Baldwin’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’

Barry Jenkins’s adaptation of the 1971 novel updates its black feminist framework to reflect today’s issues. 

Dec 17, 2018 / Elias Rodriques

The Marxist Pop-Culture Theorist Who Influenced a Generation

The Marxist Pop-Culture Theorist Who Influenced a Generation The Marxist Pop-Culture Theorist Who Influenced a Generation

Through his blog, k-punk, Mark Fisher pioneered a different kind of cultural criticism.

Dec 14, 2018 / Rob Arcand

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

ignore this…

Dec 13, 2018 / Ward Sutton

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Letters From the January 7, 2019, Issue Letters From the January 7, 2019, Issue

The war on war… The US as it should be…

Dec 13, 2018 / Our Readers and Stephen Wertheim

John Kelly

Kelly to Leave White House Kelly to Leave White House

Brought in to end the White House mess, He had a measure of success: The ship of state has not been righted, But he himself was not indicted.

Dec 13, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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For Emmanuel Macron, How Did Things Get So Bad, So Fast? For Emmanuel Macron, How Did Things Get So Bad, So Fast?

The fault lies with both the French president himself and the political and cultural elite that formed him.

Dec 13, 2018 / David A. Bell

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