Is This the Most Radical Mayor in America?

Chokwe Antar Lumumba has an audacious plan to make Jackson, Mississippi, the “most radical city on the planet.”

D.D. Guttenplan

The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness

A little-known bureaucrat named James Cason is reshaping the Department of the Interior.

Adam Federman

3 Big Takeaways From Last Week’s Election

Running a diverse slate of populists was key, as were new outside groups. 

Joan Walsh

Democrats Can Win in Alabama—and Everywhere

Last week’s election results proved that the party can compete in deep-red areas.

John Nichols

The Ongoing Misadventures of the Republican Party: Roy Moore Edition

Even sex abuse is excusable for the sake of a Senate majority.

Tom Tomorrow

We Can’t End Sexual Harassment if We Make It a Partisan Issue

Sexual harassment is not limited to any party, race, or religion.

Laila Lalami

The Rot Inside the Republican Party

Rupert Murdoch’s media properties are helping to drive the right wing’s moral decay.

Eric Alterman

In Meeting With Trump, Putin Denies Meddling

Calvin Trillin

Bertolt Brecht: Poet of Ill Tidings

In his poetry, Brecht captured a world torn apart by war and depression.

Noah Isenberg

Orhan Pamuk’s Fathers and Sons

In The Red Haired Woman, the Turkish novelist returns to a central theme in much of his work.

Kaya Genç

Dana Schutz, After the Whitney Biennial

A recent show of Schutz's work sheds light on a facet of her art that connects Open Casket to the rest of her paintings.

Barry Schwabsky

Letters From the December 4-11, 2017, Issue

A hearty issue… Shell games… Stars and semiautomatics…

Our Readers and David Dayen

Puzzle No. 3449

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto