Werner Herzog’s Exit From Civilization Werner Herzog’s Exit From Civilization
In his debut as a novelist, the filmmaker takes us to the jungles of the Philippines.
Sep 8, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Paul Franz
Is the Avant-Garde Still Avant-Garde? Is the Avant-Garde Still Avant-Garde?
Today’s radical art movements can always congeal into tomorrow’s orthodoxy.
Sep 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini
“The Nation” and the National Writers Union Reach an Agreement “The Nation” and the National Writers Union Reach an Agreement
It will protect freelancers’ rights and set rates and conditions.
Sep 6, 2022 / Abigail Higgins
Letters From the September 19/26, 2022, Issue Letters From the September 19/26, 2022, Issue
Studying ecology... Pipelines to plowshares... Graphic depictions...
Sep 6, 2022 / Our Readers
Overheard From Those Going Through the Boxes Found in Trump’s Basement Overheard From Those Going Through the Boxes Found in Trump’s Basement
“Some hamburger menus (with stains) seem to be Right next to our plans for the South China Sea. “ “I’ve just come across some old bills—all still owed.” “I wonder if this is the nu…
Sep 6, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Alternative to Working Ourselves to Death The Alternative to Working Ourselves to Death
Investments in better jobs today mean better retirements tomorrow.
Sep 5, 2022 / Beth C. Truesdale and Lisa F. Berkman
The Mysteries of Adam Smith The Mysteries of Adam Smith
How to understand Adam Smith’s politics
Sep 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Glory Liu
Where Solidarity, Abolition, and Queer History Meet Where Solidarity, Abolition, and Queer History Meet
Hugh Ryan’s The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison makes a compelling case for abolition as a central part of queer politics.
Sep 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Naomi Gordon-Loebl
How Emmett Till’s Death Led to the Invention of the “Liberal Media” How Emmett Till’s Death Led to the Invention of the “Liberal Media”
The young Black man’s murder is an outrage that still haunts our history. So do the lies in the media set in motion by the discovery of his mutilated body 67 years ago today.
Aug 31, 2022 / Chris Lamb
Peter Weiss and the Riddle of Representation Peter Weiss and the Riddle of Representation
His painterly fictions strive against language’s limitations to accurately describe the world in all its horror and randomness.
Aug 30, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Boyd