¡Compañero Mike Davis, Presente! ¡Compañero Mike Davis, Presente!
A requiem for a friend who embodied the commitment to the marriage of word and deed.
Nov 2, 2022 / Roberto Lovato
How the Courts Stack the Odds Against the Innocent How the Courts Stack the Odds Against the Innocent
A new book by Daniel Medwed examines the reasons the wrongfully convicted find it so hard to prove their innocence.
Nov 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jed S. Rakoff
Meredith Tax, 1942–2022 Meredith Tax, 1942–2022
The tireless organizer, feminist pioneer, and relentless coalition builder never let up.
Oct 31, 2022 / Alix Kates Shulman
Republicans Have Spent Millions on Youth Outreach. And It’s Working. Republicans Have Spent Millions on Youth Outreach. And It’s Working.
Kyle Spencer’s new book Raising Them Right shows how the conservative establishment has recruited and trained new generations of activists over the last 60 years.
Oct 26, 2022 / Q&A / Julian Epp
The Intimate and Interconnected History of the Internet The Intimate and Interconnected History of the Internet
Kevin Driscoll’s new book The Modem World offers a picture of an early Internet defined by community, experimentation, and lack of privacy.
Oct 14, 2022 / Q&A / Jacob Bruggeman
I.B. Singer’s Language of Everyday Life I.B. Singer’s Language of Everyday Life
By choosing to write in Yiddish rather than Hebrew, the young Singer declared his allegiance to the here and now rather than a biblical past or a Zionist future.
Oct 4, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Adam Kirsch
Is There a Future for Russian Independent Media? Is There a Future for Russian Independent Media?
The press in Russia has been operating under slow but constant erosion during the entirety of Putin’s watch.
Sep 29, 2022 / Alyona Minkovski and Alina Spatz
The Toxic History of the Salton Sea The Toxic History of the Salton Sea
A new book by Traci Brynne Voyles catalogs the alarming events that created one of the West’s most polluted bodies of water.
Aug 10, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Paoletta
Distorting the Holocaust to Boost the International Arms Trade Distorting the Holocaust to Boost the International Arms Trade
If whitewashing Bulgaria’s history during the Second World War helps an Israeli arms company get a contract, who could possibly object?
Jul 26, 2022 / Raz Segal and Amos Goldberg
Resurrecting the American Century Is a Huge Mistake Resurrecting the American Century Is a Huge Mistake
It’s time to focus on the more modest goal of salvaging a unified American republic
Jul 14, 2022 / Andrew J. Bacevich