Is France Finally Reckoning With Its Brutal Past?

Macron's acknowledgement of French torture during the Algerian war was unprecedented—but what comes next?

Karina Piser

Want to Defend Democracy? Start With Your Public Library.

Public libraries are critical within the public sphere and, when fully supported, represent the best of government at work.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

What the Black Dolls Say

These rare survivors of early African-American art can illuminate much about our difficult history.

Elizabeth Pochoda

John Dower in Conversation: Part II

A preeminent scholar on the Pacific War uses WWII-era Japan to examine race and US imperialism today.

Patrick Lawrence

White House Revelations

Calvin Trillin

The Myth of ‘Liberal Intolerance’

The most significant threats to free speech come from conservatives.

Eric Alterman

Young Jean Lee’s Domestic Surrealism

In her newest play, Lee offers us a look at the straight white man as a specimen.

Alisa Solomon

John Dower in Conversation: Part I

The groundbreaking historian of Japan talks about the challenges of scholarship during rapidly changing times.

Patrick Lawrence

Tangled in the Garden of Good and Evil

A French television program tackles the tough questions of compliance and resistance.

Norman Solomon

Letters From the September 24-October 1, 2018, Issue

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