Books and Ideas

A Bundist march on May Day in Poland, 1930.

The Enduring Lessons of the Jewish Bund The Enduring Lessons of the Jewish Bund

A conversation with Molly Crabapple about “Here Where We Live Is Our Country,” her history of Bundism, and what we can learn from their socialist and anti-Zionist example.

Apr 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ishan Desai-Geller

A march in solidarity with Selma, in Harlem, on March 15, 1965.

Selma Still Matters Selma Still Matters

What was born there was a new definition of who gets to be an American. And that legacy is under threat.

Apr 9, 2026 / Keith Ellison and Yusef D. Jackson

Jamaica Kincaid in Toronto.

The Worlds of Jamaica Kincaid The Worlds of Jamaica Kincaid

Memory pervades a new collection of nonfiction, and so do the ghosts of empire.

Apr 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme

Nation Poetry

Learning How to See Learning How to See

Apr 7, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Traci Brimhall

Man waring a suit sits in a courtroom.

Kash Patel Kash Patel

Apr 7, 2026 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Ben Lerner’s Novel of Fathers and Sons

Ben Lerner’s Novel of Fathers and Sons Ben Lerner’s Novel of Fathers and Sons

His most experimental and unsettling book, Transcription as us whether art is futile or the most important weapon we have.

Apr 7, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Tara K. Menon

What Happened to Tucker Carlson?

What Happened to Tucker Carlson? What Happened to Tucker Carlson?

The transformation of a once promising, if conservative, magazine journalist into a conspiracy-minded talking head.

Apr 7, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann

As AI Breathes Down Our Necks, It’s Time for a Luddite Renaissance

As AI Breathes Down Our Necks, It’s Time for a Luddite Renaissance As AI Breathes Down Our Necks, It’s Time for a Luddite Renaissance

Nineteenth-century textile workers longed to stay human in a machine age. So do we.

Apr 7, 2026 / Feature / John Nichols

Harry Haywood and the Radical Politics of Black Communism

Harry Haywood and the Radical Politics of Black Communism Harry Haywood and the Radical Politics of Black Communism

For Haywood, a truly radical working-class politics in the United States also required a program of self-determination.

Apr 7, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

A Facebook Data Center in Swedish Lapland.

What Is Artificial Intelligence Anyway? What Is Artificial Intelligence Anyway?

Separating out the myths and facts of AI.

Apr 6, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ben Tarnoff

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