Spain’s Radical Right Is Here to Stay—but Did It Ever Leave? Spain’s Radical Right Is Here to Stay—but Did It Ever Leave?
The truth is, Spain was never really an outlier in Europe, its radical right is not really new, and its situation is hard to compare to right-wing populism in other parts of the co...
Jan 10, 2019 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
A Presidential Negotiating Stance A Presidential Negotiating Stance
If he can’t get the wherewithal To build at once his precious wall— A wall that’s thick, a wall that’s tall, The strongest, toughest wall of all— Then to the floor he’ll surely fa…
Jan 10, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters From the January 28-February 4, 2019, Issue Letters From the January 28-February 4, 2019, Issue
Fuzzy math… Where there’s smoke… The real George Bush… Thanks, but no thanks (web only)…
Jan 10, 2019 / Our Readers and Ben Ehrenreich
Puzzle No. 3487 Puzzle No. 3487
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 A bit of zesty sex with, um, a deer maybe? That’s almost certain to end badly for someone (4-3,4) 7 and 29 Invert…
Jan 10, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
For Jakelin Caal and Felipe Gómez Alonzo For Jakelin Caal and Felipe Gómez Alonzo
These two children died in US border custody in December 2018.
Jan 10, 2019 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández
The End of Likability Politics The End of Likability Politics
The nasty women of America are delivering on their promises—and they don’t care what their conservative male colleagues think.
Jan 10, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Eyewitness to the German Revolution Eyewitness to the German Revolution
Victor Klemperer’s dispatches from interwar Germany.
Jan 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon
Facebook Is a Social Menace Facebook Is a Social Menace
The tech giant will spy for anyone with the cash to buy your secrets.
Jan 10, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman
Is Populism What’s Really Threatening Democracy? Is Populism What’s Really Threatening Democracy?
What many liberal commentators miss about the growing crisis of liberal democracy rippling through Europe and the Americas.
Jan 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Steven Hahn