Books and Ideas

The False Promise of Criminal Justice Reform

The False Promise of Criminal Justice Reform The False Promise of Criminal Justice Reform

Why we have to look past reformism and embrace the politics of prison abolition.

Jan 5, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Charlotte Rosen

One Brother Gave the Soviets the A-Bomb. The Other Got a Medal.

One Brother Gave the Soviets the A-Bomb. The Other Got a Medal. One Brother Gave the Soviets the A-Bomb. The Other Got a Medal.

J. Edgar Hoover had both of them in his sights. Yet neither one was ever arrested. The untold story of how the Hall brothers beat the FBI.

Jan 4, 2022 / Feature / Dave Lindorff

The Politics of Syntax and Poetry Beyond the Border

The Politics of Syntax and Poetry Beyond the Border The Politics of Syntax and Poetry Beyond the Border

A conversation with Ari Banias about his new collection A Symmetry, a book that interrogates everything from whiteness to the meaning of community.

Dec 30, 2021 / Q&A / Claire Schwartz

Joan Didion’s California

Joan Didion’s California Joan Didion’s California

How the splendor and chaos of the Golden State explains the writer’s vision of the world

Dec 29, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Emma Hager

Black father and son

Where Are Black Parents’ Voices on Critical Race Theory? Where Are Black Parents’ Voices on Critical Race Theory?

Black parents overwhelmingly support teaching about race and racism in school. Why aren’t we hearing from them?

Dec 29, 2021 / Column / Kali Holloway

Maggie Nelson and the Evolving Politics of Liberation

Maggie Nelson and the Evolving Politics of Liberation Maggie Nelson and the Evolving Politics of Liberation

In her new book, Nelson examines the politics of freedom on the left and the right.

Dec 28, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

The Anti-Intellectual Intellectuals of the Conservative Movement

The Anti-Intellectual Intellectuals of the Conservative Movement The Anti-Intellectual Intellectuals of the Conservative Movement

Why is Mark Levin’s American Marxism so popular?

Dec 27, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

Remembering the Clarion Call of bell hooks

Remembering the Clarion Call of bell hooks Remembering the Clarion Call of bell hooks

My recollections of the late scholar, who revolutionized her fields.

Dec 21, 2021 / Patricia J. Williams

Alfred Döblin’s Surreal Foray Into Climate Fiction

Alfred Döblin’s Surreal Foray Into Climate Fiction Alfred Döblin’s Surreal Foray Into Climate Fiction

The 20th-century German writer’s novel Mountains Oceans Giants is a stunning and strange look into what an environmental apocalypse might look like.

Dec 21, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Joe Bucciero

The Triumph of Evil

The Triumph of Evil The Triumph of Evil

Central Park sign.

Dec 16, 2021 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

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