Non-fiction

Cairo: A Museum of Ghosts

Cairo: A Museum of Ghosts Cairo: A Museum of Ghosts

A visit to the Egyptian capital while government crackdowns are forcing many of its writers and artists to find a way out.

Mar 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ursula Lindsey

5 Books: The Pre-History of Donald Trump 5 Books: The Pre-History of Donald Trump

Before there was Trump, there was the rise of the radical right.

Feb 25, 2016 / Timothy Shenk

Bernie Sanders New Hampshire

Start Making Sense: The Secret to Bernie’s Startling Success Start Making Sense: The Secret to Bernie’s Startling Success

Plus: Rick Perlstein on Trump’s triumph and Jane Mayer on the Koch brothers.

Feb 11, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

The Koch Brothers Have Radically Changed American Politics

The Koch Brothers Have Radically Changed American Politics The Koch Brothers Have Radically Changed American Politics

A new book exposes the hidden campaign to mainstream their libertarian agenda.

Jan 28, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Selden map.

Before Europe’s Intrusion Before Europe’s Intrusion

A 17th-century map reinforces what few other than historians of China have known: It was an open and diverse world with a long tradition of maritime commerce.

Jan 21, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen

Antonin Scalia.

What’s the Point of a Supreme Court Dissent? What’s the Point of a Supreme Court Dissent?

A recent book shows that, before Antonin Scalia, dissents were valuable to the Court. Now they may be endangering the institution.

Jan 21, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

December 28, 1973: Alexsander Solzhenitsyn’s ‘Gulag Archipelago’ is Published

December 28, 1973: Alexsander Solzhenitsyn’s ‘Gulag Archipelago’ is Published December 28, 1973: Alexsander Solzhenitsyn’s ‘Gulag Archipelago’ is Published

“The duty is not only to memorialize the fallen, it is also to confront the living.”

Dec 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Shahab Ahmed.

How Has Islamic Orthodoxy Changed Over Time? How Has Islamic Orthodoxy Changed Over Time?

A new book by the late scholar Shahab Ahmed reveals the capaciousness, complexity, and contradictions of Islam.

Dec 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Elias Muhanna

Joseph LeDoux.

Is Anxiety the Price We Pay For Freedom? Is Anxiety the Price We Pay For Freedom?

The neuroscience of fear is incomplete without an account of philosophy and politics.

Dec 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Simon Wolfe Taylor

Dreamers, Drifters, Mopers, and Defeatists

Dreamers, Drifters, Mopers, and Defeatists Dreamers, Drifters, Mopers, and Defeatists

Adrian Tomine’s universe features a society of contingent values, ill-defined expectations, and diminishing options.

Dec 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu

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