The Crisis of the Liberal Order and Pankaj Mishra’s ‘Age of Anger’ The Crisis of the Liberal Order and Pankaj Mishra’s ‘Age of Anger’
Fundamental reformation is required, if we are to do better than the world he describes.
Apr 6, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence
Obsession With the Russia Connection Is a High-Risk Anti-Trump Strategy Obsession With the Russia Connection Is a High-Risk Anti-Trump Strategy
It lets Democrats off the hook for their own failures—and betting the resistance on finding a smoking gun is a fool’s game.
Apr 6, 2017 / Greg Grandin
Letters From the April 24/May 1, 2017, Issue Letters From the April 24/May 1, 2017, Issue
Hamilton!, the article (and a back-and-forth)… Small-town resistance… The Lone Star State sends its regards…
Apr 6, 2017 / Our Readers
Teach-Ins Helped Galvanize Student Activism in the 1960s. They Can Do So Again Today. Teach-Ins Helped Galvanize Student Activism in the 1960s. They Can Do So Again Today.
Then as now, the origin of a national political movement was in the initially obscure actions of ordinary individuals.
Apr 6, 2017 / Marshall Sahlins
Is Our Common Humanity a Discovery or an Invention? Is Our Common Humanity a Discovery or an Invention?
A new book offers a panoramic view of how we came to recognize each other as equals.
Apr 6, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Michael Walzer
What Did Equality Mean for the Founders? What Did Equality Mean for the Founders?
Three new books on the early republic explore the critical, if contested, role equality has played in shaping American political culture.
Apr 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sophia Rosenfeld
‘A Society Gone Mad on War’: The Enduring Importance of Martin Luther King’s Riverside Speech ‘A Society Gone Mad on War’: The Enduring Importance of Martin Luther King’s Riverside Speech
Fifty years ago today, the civil-rights leader described the nightmare to come: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of...
Apr 4, 2017 / Eric Tang
Le Pen’s Long Shadow Le Pen’s Long Shadow
If you want to understand the wave of right-wing populism erupting in Europe and the United States, France is a good place to start.
Apr 4, 2017 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
Bill O’Reilly’s Racist Comment Is Rooted in America’s Racist Past Bill O’Reilly’s Racist Comment Is Rooted in America’s Racist Past
But black women are speaking out and fighting back.
Mar 30, 2017 / Collier Meyerson
The Red Emigrant The Red Emigrant
For Isaac Deutscher, exile helped him discover his real community—the internationalist left.
Mar 30, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins