Clarence Thomas’s Political Journey Clarence Thomas’s Political Journey
Corey Robin discusses his new book on the longest-serving justice on today’s Supreme Court and the influence of black conservatism and black nationalism on his jurisprudence.
Oct 24, 2019 / Robert Greene II
Bowe Bergdahl’s Story Was Never Just About One Soldier’s Desertion Bowe Bergdahl’s Story Was Never Just About One Soldier’s Desertion
Matt Farwell and Michael Ames’s American Cipher goes behind the Bergdahl saga to probe America’s imperial past.
Oct 23, 2019 / Lyle Jeremy Rubin
Rudy Giuliani and the Secret Constitution Rudy Giuliani and the Secret Constitution
Oct 22, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole
Andrew Marantz’s Antisocial tells the messy history of how the far right went viral.
Oct 22, 2019 / Evan Malmgren
For Yiyun Li, All Writing Is Autobiographical For Yiyun Li, All Writing Is Autobiographical
Oct 21, 2019 / Q&A / Rosemarie Ho
Peter Handke’s Nobel Condones Violence Peter Handke’s Nobel Condones Violence
One of Sweden’s most important authors on how the Swedish Academy abuses its platform—and the intelligentsia lets it happen.
Oct 18, 2019 / Johannes Anyuru
What Curators Don’t Get About Prison Art What Curators Don’t Get About Prison Art
When it comes to showing the art of incarcerated people, fine-art institutions are buying into the prison-industrial complex.
Oct 18, 2019 / Zachary Small
In ‘Succession,’ Who Is the Joke Really On? In ‘Succession,’ Who Is the Joke Really On?
The show is heralded as a nuanced and cutting critique of the 1 percent. But whose side is it really on?
Oct 17, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
The Case Against Impeachment (According to Republicans) The Case Against Impeachment (According to Republicans)
It would be challenging, distracting, maybe even unconstitutional, and—most importantly—we don’t want to do it.
Oct 16, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Jedediah Purdy Has an Idea That Could Save Us From Capitalism and the Climate Crisis Jedediah Purdy Has an Idea That Could Save Us From Capitalism and the Climate Crisis
We talked to the lawyer, theorist, and critic about his new book This Land Is Our Land, his concept of a moral political economy, and the legacies of Bush and Obama.
Oct 16, 2019 / Q&A / Aaron Bady