Letters: Shinzo Abe’s Legacy Letters: Shinzo Abe’s Legacy
Readers offer further insights on the former Japanese prime minister's vexed relationship with history.
Sep 27, 2022 / Our Readers
NPR’s Nina Totenberg, Friend of the Reactionary Court NPR’s Nina Totenberg, Friend of the Reactionary Court
How the supposedly liberal media protected a right-wing Supreme Court.
Sep 26, 2022 / Jeet Heer
The Searching Poetry of Safia Elhillo The Searching Poetry of Safia Elhillo
Her two poetry collections are rich with images of homeland, movement, history, and the future.
Sep 26, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Yasmine Seale
David Leonhardt’s Centrist Nostalgia Won’t Save Democracy David Leonhardt’s Centrist Nostalgia Won’t Save Democracy
Jim Crow wasn’t an exception—but a model for the future.
Sep 23, 2022 / Jeet Heer
A Poet Confronts the Violent History of El Salvador A Poet Confronts the Violent History of El Salvador
Christopher Soto’s Diaries of a Terrorist grapples with the the security ideology that shapes the Americas through poems that explore activism and resistance.
Sep 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Danielle Mackey
Remembering Ying Lee Remembering Ying Lee
Looking back at the life of a trailblazing activist and Berkeley’s first Asian American city council member.
Sep 21, 2022 / David Bacon
Imani Perry’s Capacious History of the South Imani Perry’s Capacious History of the South
While the South is often dismissed as a region catching up to the rest of the country, Perry's new book demonstrates why it has always been the key to defining the promise and limi...
Sep 21, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
The New King The New King
As prince, King Charles tried not to act Like some aloof high-muck-a-muck. He spoke his mind, like common folk. So please feel free to call him Chuck.
Sep 20, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Michelle Tea’s DIY Pregnancy Michelle Tea’s DIY Pregnancy
In her new book, Tea explores the difficulties of joys of getting pregnant and having a child.
Sep 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Erin Somers
We Didn’t Vanquish Polio. What Does That Mean for Covid-19? We Didn’t Vanquish Polio. What Does That Mean for Covid-19?
The world is still reeling from the pandemic, but another scourge we thought we’d eliminated has reemerged.
Sep 19, 2022 / Feature / Patrick Cockburn