How “Snow White” Got Caught Up in Hollywood’s Culture Wars How “Snow White” Got Caught Up in Hollywood’s Culture Wars
Disney’s box-office bomb has spawned a series of Gaza-and-Trump-themed recriminations.
Apr 8, 2025 / Ben Schwartz
What Caused the Irish Famine? What Caused the Irish Famine?
A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern era.
Apr 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / John Banville
The Rebellions of Murray Kempton The Rebellions of Murray Kempton
One of his generation’s most prolific journalists, Kempton never turned a blind eye to the inequalities all around him.
Apr 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within
What old-school civics taught us about checks and balances isn’t working. The absence of a will to fight, to defend the institutions of liberal democracy, is breathtaking.
Apr 8, 2025 / Jodi Dean for The Nation
The Rev. William Barber II’s “Hands Off” Rally Speech: “We Cannot and Must Not Bow” The Rev. William Barber II’s “Hands Off” Rally Speech: “We Cannot and Must Not Bow”
“We cannot be at ease in America. History is pushing us; the present is demanding us; the future is calling us.”
Apr 8, 2025 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Agnes Callard and the Examined Life Agnes Callard and the Examined Life
In her new book, Callard makes the case that we should all live more philosophically but where does politics fit in?
Apr 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Olúfémi O. Táíwò
Facing the 2025 Project Facing the 2025 Project
Musk, Trump, and Vance lead a fascist takeover of the US.
Apr 7, 2025 / OppArt / Grow Up Art
Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration
The ongoing internal witch hunt led by the far-right provocateur is a sign of a GOP crack-up.
Apr 7, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Tantrum Tariffs Will Not Renew US Manufacturing Trump’s Tantrum Tariffs Will Not Renew US Manufacturing
Gimmicks like Trump’s economically ignorant, politically jingoistic, and personally self-serving tariff agenda won’t help workers in the US or abroad.
Apr 7, 2025 / John Nichols