The Young Activists Who Remade the Democratic Party’s Immigration Politics

In 2012, DREAMers were once cajoling Democrats to be more creative and aggressive. In 2016, they’re leaders in both Bernie and Hillary’s campaigns.

Julianne Hing

Who Runs the Pentagon?

Not Defense Secretary Ashton Carter—while he may be more than a figurehead, “the building” has no boss.

Andrew J. Bacevich

How Progressives Can—and Must—Regain the Moral High Ground

In the South, we’re building a broad, new movement rooted in right and wrong, not left and right.

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Rushdie Misses the Magic

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights has all the markers of a Salman Rushdie novel, but it’s not a great book.

Aaron Thier

Hawks

Elizabeth Arnold

What’s the Point of a Supreme Court Dissent?

A recent book shows that, before Antonin Scalia, dissents were valuable to the Court. Now they may be endangering the institution.

Michael O’Donnell

Before Europe’s Intrusion

A 17th-century map reinforces what few other than historians of China have known: It was an open and diverse world with a long tradition of maritime commerce.

Paula Findlen

Point First, Shoot Later

Two museum exhibitions emphasize possible approaches to how an artist can navigate the oceans of photography around us.

Barry Schwabsky