Rise of the Far-Right Ultras Rise of the Far-Right Ultras
In Far-Right Vanguard, John Huntington shows just how porous the dividing line has been between the far right and mainstream conservatism.
Jan 11, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
About 2021 About 2021
Disasters happened all year long. Whatever could go wrong went wrong. So, ’21, it’s simply true: We’re glad to see the back of you.
Jan 11, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
When Sidney Poitier Picked Up the Gun When Sidney Poitier Picked Up the Gun
Notes on a couple of native sons.
Jan 10, 2022 / Gene Seymour
The Black Arts Movement’s Revolution in the South The Black Arts Movement’s Revolution in the South
A new book offers a sweeping history of the radical art and institutions created in the South by the Black Arts Movement.
Jan 10, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
Randall Kennedy Says It Loud Randall Kennedy Says It Loud
A conversation with the Harvard law professor about his new essay collection, the state or racial politics, campus activism, and much more.
Jan 6, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Stay Stay
after Dr. Elizabeth Sawin If only someone had told you your true extent how you connect to mountain glaciers and tropical orchids. How this is your time for young children, excessi…
Jan 6, 2022 / Poems / Elizabeth Metzger
No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China
Xi Jinping’s tenure has been marked by harsh crackdowns on human rights activism.
Jan 6, 2022 / Yaqiu Wang
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
How Private Capital Strangled Our Cities How Private Capital Strangled Our Cities
By following the money, a new history of urban inequality turns our attention away from federal malfeasance and toward capital markets and financial instruments.
Jan 4, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Zipp
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