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Letters From the January 27, 2020, Issue Letters From the January 27, 2020, Issue

Old struggle, new politics… For shame… The truth about these truths… The collective is political…

Jan 14, 2020 / Our Readers

Berlin Wall

The ‘Revolution of ’89’ Did Not Initiate a New Era of History The ‘Revolution of ’89’ Did Not Initiate a New Era of History

Though significant, the end of the Cold War ranks well below the fall of Russia’s Romanov dynasty (1917) or the discovery of penicillin (1928) as a turning point in the history of ...

Jan 13, 2020 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Decolonization and the Pursuit of an Egalitarian International Order

Decolonization and the Pursuit of an Egalitarian International Order Decolonization and the Pursuit of an Egalitarian International Order

A new book looks at the mid-20th century cohort of African and Caribbean leaders who attempted to demand new rules from the world system.

Dec 23, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Immerwahr

A Decade That Changed the Nation

A Decade That Changed the Nation A Decade That Changed the Nation

A look back on the stories that shaped the past 10 years, and helped inform the fight for a more radical and equitable future.

Dec 23, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and D.D. Guttenplan

The Deep Roots of Liberal Democracy’s Crisis

The Deep Roots of Liberal Democracy’s Crisis The Deep Roots of Liberal Democracy’s Crisis

A new history of North Atlantic democracies argues that they were already undergoing a serious crisis more than four decades ago.

Dec 17, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans

The Radical Life and Times of Crystal Eastman

The Radical Life and Times of Crystal Eastman The Radical Life and Times of Crystal Eastman

A new biography reveals how the feminist, pacifist, labor activist, and socialist fused the best strains of American leftism into one.  

Dec 16, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

Advice, From One Giant of 20th Century Literature to Another

Advice, From One Giant of 20th Century Literature to Another Advice, From One Giant of 20th Century Literature to Another

Kurt Vonnegut’s 1967 entreaty to José Donoso.

Dec 16, 2019 / Kurt Vonnegut

Priya gopal insurgent empire

The West Does Not Have a Copyright on Justice The West Does Not Have a Copyright on Justice

British scholar Priyamvada Gopal discusses the hidden histories of anticolonialism.

Dec 10, 2019 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini

The Irishman

‘The Irishman’ Tells the Story of the Corruption of Empire ‘The Irishman’ Tells the Story of the Corruption of Empire

Scorsese’s gangster epic highlights the personal and political cost of counterrevolutionary violence.

Dec 6, 2019 / Jeet Heer

‘I Hotel’ Is the Unheralded Document of a Decade of Asian American Activism

‘I Hotel’ Is the Unheralded Document of a Decade of Asian American Activism ‘I Hotel’ Is the Unheralded Document of a Decade of Asian American Activism

Karen Tei Yamashita’s recently republished epic novel is a reminder of fiction’s ability to both transmit and embody transformational ideas.

Dec 4, 2019 / Lucas Iberico Lozada

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