No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China
Xi Jinping’s tenure has been marked by harsh crackdowns on human rights activism.
Jan 6, 2022 / Yaqiu Wang
The False Promise of Criminal Justice Reform The False Promise of Criminal Justice Reform
Why we have to look past reformism and embrace the politics of prison abolition.
Jan 5, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Charlotte Rosen
How Private Capital Strangled Our Cities How Private Capital Strangled Our Cities
By following the money, a new history of urban inequality turns our attention away from federal malfeasance and toward capital markets and financial instruments.
Jan 4, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Zipp
One Brother Gave the Soviets the A-Bomb. The Other Got a Medal. One Brother Gave the Soviets the A-Bomb. The Other Got a Medal.
J. Edgar Hoover had both of them in his sights. Yet neither one was ever arrested. The untold story of how the Hall brothers beat the FBI.
Jan 4, 2022 / Feature / Dave Lindorff
The Politics of Syntax and Poetry Beyond the Border The Politics of Syntax and Poetry Beyond the Border
A conversation with Ari Banias about his new collection A Symmetry, a book that interrogates everything from whiteness to the meaning of community.
Dec 30, 2021 / Q&A / Claire Schwartz
Joan Didion’s California Joan Didion’s California
How the splendor and chaos of the Golden State explains the writer’s vision of the world
Dec 29, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Emma Hager
The Ardor of “Licorice Pizza” The Ardor of “Licorice Pizza”
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film is his most personal work yet.
Dec 29, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi
Where Are Black Parents’ Voices on Critical Race Theory? Where Are Black Parents’ Voices on Critical Race Theory?
Black parents overwhelmingly support teaching about race and racism in school. Why aren’t we hearing from them?
Dec 29, 2021 / Column / Kali Holloway
Forever Homeless Forever Homeless
Before my long travel, I pack my suitcases, stuff them with some sand from our land, some scent from my mother’s kitchen and sounds of birds in the morning. And in my pockets, I pu…
Dec 28, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Mosab Abu Toha
Maggie Nelson and the Evolving Politics of Liberation Maggie Nelson and the Evolving Politics of Liberation
In her new book, Nelson examines the politics of freedom on the left and the right.
Dec 28, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson