Sergio de la Pava’s Society-Spanning Fiction Sergio de la Pava’s Society-Spanning Fiction
His novels capture a world riven apart by class and brought back together by art.
Oct 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Frank Guan
In Naguib Mahfouz’s World In Naguib Mahfouz’s World
Through his massive corpus, the Egyptian novelist helped capture the startling pace and steep costs of a nation in pursuit of independence.
Oct 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Ursula Lindsey
Ottessa Moshfegh’s Contemporary Gothic Ottessa Moshfegh’s Contemporary Gothic
My Year of Rest and Relaxation offers a fever dream of New York’s millennial elite before the 2008 crash.
Oct 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Ismail Muhammad
How the Courts Perpetuate Broken-Windows Policing How the Courts Perpetuate Broken-Windows Policing
Issa Kohler-Hausmann’s Misdemeanorland looks at how the court system has imposed a system of control that reinforces broken-windows police.
Oct 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Clio Chang
Elizabeth Warren Meets the Left’s Circular Firing Squad Elizabeth Warren Meets the Left’s Circular Firing Squad
The release of her DNA test might not have been the best idea, but it shouldn’t be disqualifying.
Oct 25, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
With Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, How Far Will the State’s Attacks on Women Go? With Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, How Far Will the State’s Attacks on Women Go?
Another reader asks about weathering a public #MeToo event with PTSD.
Oct 25, 2018 / Liza Featherstone
We Have a Problem With White Men: They Support Trump We Have a Problem With White Men: They Support Trump
Kai Wright on misogyny and racism, Jill Lepore on Trump’s place in history, and Michael Kazin on Hubert Humphrey.
Oct 25, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Trump and Bolton Kill a Historic Nuclear-Arms-Control Agreement Trump and Bolton Kill a Historic Nuclear-Arms-Control Agreement
The new Cold War just got colder.
Oct 24, 2018 / James Carden
The 2018 Midterms Have Exposed a Democracy in Crisis The 2018 Midterms Have Exposed a Democracy in Crisis
And we need radical reforms—now.
Oct 24, 2018 / John Nichols
The Abolition of Nuclear Abolitionism? The Abolition of Nuclear Abolitionism?
President Trump’s withdrawal from the INF Treaty nullifies a historic precedent.
Oct 24, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen