America’s Unending Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy America’s Unending Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy
A new history charts the three-centuries long contest between elites seeking to uphold a racial and economic order that benefits them alone and the forces of democracy seeking to d...
Oct 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Manisha Sinha
Nicholson Baker’s Maddening Search for the Truth Nicholson Baker’s Maddening Search for the Truth
Denied access to files about the use of biological weapons during the Cold War, the novelist transformed his new book into a study of how America keeps its secrets.
Oct 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Charlie Savage
Who Will Save the News? Who Will Save the News?
Victor Pickard’s new book argues that without a public intervention American journalism faces a dire future.
Oct 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Anya Schiffrin
Claudia Rankine’s Dialogue With America Claudia Rankine’s Dialogue With America
In Just Us, the poet offers a searing assessment of racism and loneliness in today’s America. But while she’s pessimistic about the present, she’s also hopeful about the future.
Oct 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
Chinatown Will Recover From the Coronavirus Chinatown Will Recover From the Coronavirus
But it won’t be the same.
Oct 6, 2020 / Photo Essay / Alan Chin and Magnum Foundation
Trump Is Getting Away With Much More Than Murder Trump Is Getting Away With Much More Than Murder
Trump boasted in 2016 that he could get away with murder. In the 4 years since, his administration has been responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Oct 6, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt
After Abolition After Abolition
Prisons and cops survive only in tales for the young like twin Atlantises or two drowned boogeymen. A cop’s as harmless a Halloween getup as any monster, while a prisoner costume’s…
Oct 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Carrero Lopez
Extinction Rebellion’s Long Overdue Reckoning With Race Extinction Rebellion’s Long Overdue Reckoning With Race
After experiencing a barrage of criticism for its lack of diversity, has the climate activist group finally made inclusivity a priority?
Oct 5, 2020 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata
Trump May Be Infectious, but He’s Still Ignorant Trump May Be Infectious, but He’s Still Ignorant
Testing positive for Covid-19 has done nothing to change the president’s thinking about the pandemic.
Oct 5, 2020 / Jeet Heer
