The Civil War’s Economic Shadow The Civil War’s Economic Shadow
To finance the war, the Union had to turn to the banks, and with lasting consequences.
Nov 2, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Stephanie McCurry
Supply-Side Economics Strikes Again Supply-Side Economics Strikes Again
We bid farewell to poor Liz Truss. Her economics caused a fuss. Supply-side loyalty prevails. Despite the fact it always fails. Liz thought that wealth would downward trickle. That…
Nov 1, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
How the Courts Stack the Odds Against the Innocent How the Courts Stack the Odds Against the Innocent
A new book by Daniel Medwed examines the reasons the wrongfully convicted find it so hard to prove their innocence.
Nov 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jed S. Rakoff
Meredith Tax, 1942–2022 Meredith Tax, 1942–2022
The tireless organizer, feminist pioneer, and relentless coalition builder never let up.
Oct 31, 2022 / Alix Kates Shulman
Javier Zamora and the Canon of Undocumented Literature Javier Zamora and the Canon of Undocumented Literature
The poet’s memoir joins a growing body of work chronicling the personal and political odysseys undocumented Americans face.
Oct 31, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jesús A. Rodríguez
The Cuban Missile Crisis Cover-Up The Cuban Missile Crisis Cover-Up
How JFK and Robert Kennedy hid the quid pro quo that saved the world from nuclear war.
Oct 28, 2022 / Peter Kornbluh
How Useful Is Theory In Moments of Crisis? How Useful Is Theory In Moments of Crisis?
A conversation with sociologist Dylan Riley about the state of left politics, defending social theory as a political tool, and his new book Microverses.
Oct 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ishan Desai-Geller
The Shadows of Stanley Cavell The Shadows of Stanley Cavell
A posthumous collection of essays, Here and Now: Sites of Philosophy, reveals both what was insightful and what was profoundly lacking in the project of ordinary language philosoph...
Oct 27, 2022 / Books & the Arts / John-Baptiste Oduor
the impact of foreign bodies; the earth collapsing the impact of foreign bodies; the earth collapsing
A shadow bisects another, which is to say it enlarges itself The body doubles what it cannot hold I turned on the TV to drown out my heartbeat This hefty crime: to obscure a…
Oct 27, 2022 / Poems / Jennifer S. Cheng
Republicans Have Spent Millions on Youth Outreach. And It’s Working. Republicans Have Spent Millions on Youth Outreach. And It’s Working.
Kyle Spencer’s new book Raising Them Right shows how the conservative establishment has recruited and trained new generations of activists over the last 60 years.
Oct 26, 2022 / Q&A / Julian Epp