Timothy Snyder’s Bleak Vision Timothy Snyder’s Bleak Vision
In The Road to Unfreedom, Snyder’s vision of history driven by rival states and ruthless statesmen undermines his own insistence on the importance of individual responsibility.&nbs...
May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Pinkham
Moby’s Relentless Pursuit of Authenticity Moby’s Relentless Pursuit of Authenticity
His new album, Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt, sounds teleported directly from 1999.
May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen
Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye
In the absence of revolution, Perry Anderson embraces realism.
May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins
Cardi B’s Best Life Cardi B’s Best Life
What some would consider missteps, the rapper has turned into the stuff of stardom, and Invasion of Privacy is a momentous testament to perseverance.
May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Briana Younger
oh your finger mulatto oh your finger mulatto
where did you leave it entangled in which propeller in whose maw who preserves it as a keepsake in a small crystal vase who uses it for shark bait who keeps it as a chinrest while…
May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Mayra Santos-Febres
from ‘TRIPAS’ from ‘TRIPAS’
Conduzco y conduces —carpoolers & Catholics— conduction wires to Latin. “Brought together” —heads bowed as if praying— these women make strange commun…
May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Brandon Som
ah mulato tu dedo ah mulato tu dedo
dónde lo dejaste1 enredado en qué helice en qué fauce2 quién lo conserva de recuerdo en un frasquito de cristal3 quién lo usa para carnada con qué pescar tiburones4 quién lo apoya…
May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Mayra Santos-Febres
Trump’s Financial Crimes Are More Likely to Bring Him Down than Russiagate Trump’s Financial Crimes Are More Likely to Bring Him Down than Russiagate
David Cay Johnston on Trump, Bruce Cumings on Korea, and Elizabeth Drew on Comey.
May 3, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Never Trumpers Never Mattered Never Trumpers Never Mattered
They’re all over the media, but they’re politically insignificant.
May 3, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman
America’s Collusion With Neo-Nazis America’s Collusion With Neo-Nazis
Neo-fascists play an important official or tolerated role in US-backed Ukraine.
May 2, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen