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Yes, of course: in the end, we found the guilty ones, aliens over-running the route. We were not alone: we had to be tough. It’s true: we were outnumbered. But for quality we hold…

Jun 2, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Ennio Moltedo

The Troubling Origins of Birthright Politics

The Troubling Origins of Birthright Politics The Troubling Origins of Birthright Politics

Two new works of history examine how the politics of birthright citizenship can be a vehicle for liberation and equality and serve the cause of exclusion.

Jun 2, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Nathan Perl-Rosenthal

The Lost History of Southern Communism

The Lost History of Southern Communism The Lost History of Southern Communism

Mary Stanton’s Red, Black, White offers a close examination of the triumphs and travails of Alabama’s local Communist Party chapter.

Jun 1, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

A Thrilling Snapshot of the New Pop Avant-Garde

A Thrilling Snapshot of the New Pop Avant-Garde A Thrilling Snapshot of the New Pop Avant-Garde

Recent albums from Perfume Genius and Yves Tumor restore the power of genre-bending music

May 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez

Funk for the Future

Funk for the Future Funk for the Future

Nick Hakim’s bracing and politically urgent new album Will This Make Me Good is a different kind of love music.

May 27, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore

What Are the Roots of Global Inequality?

What Are the Roots of Global Inequality? What Are the Roots of Global Inequality?

At over 1,100 pages, Thomas Piketty’s new book offers us not only a history of economic injustice but also a program aimed at making it disappear.

May 19, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Cole Stangler

How Does One Tell the Story of Asian America?

How Does One Tell the Story of Asian America? How Does One Tell the Story of Asian America?

Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings grapples with the contradictions of Asian American experience in order to tell a story of solidarity.

May 18, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jane Hu

‘God Friended Me’ Was the Strangest Show on TV

‘God Friended Me’ Was the Strangest Show on TV ‘God Friended Me’ Was the Strangest Show on TV

Each episode of the CBS comedy-drama functions as a morality play for a peculiar worldview.

May 14, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

The Making of the Radical Republicans

The Making of the Radical Republicans The Making of the Radical Republicans

How did the struggle for emancipation become a mass politics?

May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

The Inner Life of American Communism

The Inner Life of American Communism The Inner Life of American Communism

Vivian Gornick’s and Jodi Dean’s books mine a lost history of comradeship, determination, and intimacy.

May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin

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