A Comic That Captures the Antic Energy of a Post-Truth World A Comic That Captures the Antic Energy of a Post-Truth World
A conversation with the makers of The Department of Truth, a comic series that examines the intersection of American conspiracy and Western propaganda.
Mar 1, 2023 / Books & the Arts / ML Kejera
Why the Media Just Can’t Stop Whitewashing the Koch Family Why the Media Just Can’t Stop Whitewashing the Koch Family
The political uses of the “poor little rich girl” narrative.
Feb 27, 2023 / Jeet Heer
The Possible Murder of Pablo Neruda The Possible Murder of Pablo Neruda
Questions have surrounded the legendary Chilean poet’s death for years, and a new inquiry suggests that he might have been poisoned.
Feb 23, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh
Jay Jackson’s Audacious Comics Jay Jackson’s Audacious Comics
Written during World War II, Bungleton Green and the Mystic Commandos offered its readers a science-fiction epic that imagined a future liberated from racism and inequality.
Feb 23, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer
Leadership, Kevin McCarthy–Style Leadership, Kevin McCarthy–Style
He bowed to the wackos’ demands. He’d needed their votes. Those were vital To winning the office he craved. Now all he has left is the title.
Feb 23, 2023 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Crazy Like a Fox (Satire Alert) Crazy Like a Fox (Satire Alert)
How Roger Ailes made Fox News the place to find subjective objectivity.
Feb 22, 2023 / Richard Lingeman and Marvin Kitman
Chile’s Battle for Memory: A Report From the Latest Front Chile’s Battle for Memory: A Report From the Latest Front
The fight over a memorial to my friend Carlos Berger and other victims of the Caravan of Death reveals that there are still many in Chile who resist the lessons of our country’s tr...
Feb 22, 2023 / Ariel Dorfman
Why the United States Needs a New Reconstruction Why the United States Needs a New Reconstruction
In The Third Reconstruction, historian Peniel Joseph examines how how the broken promises of racial equality in the past might be fulfilled in the future.
Feb 22, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
Let Kids Read Roald Dahl’s Books the Way He Wrote Them Let Kids Read Roald Dahl’s Books the Way He Wrote Them
The beloved author’s books are being edited by their publisher to suit contemporary sensibilities. That robs us of the author’s vision—and any sense of history.
Feb 21, 2023 / Katha Pollitt
Is This the End of Literary Studies? Is This the End of Literary Studies?
John Guillory’s Professing Criticism offers a sobering look at the uncertain future of criticism inside and outside the academy.
Feb 21, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas Dames