The Hindu Right and Attacks on Academic Freedom in the US The Hindu Right and Attacks on Academic Freedom in the US
Every scholar who conducts research on India is aware that their publications are probably being monitored—and that taking a critical position can lead to threats, beatings, and ev...
Dec 1, 2021 / Vinayak Chaturvedi
Stephen Sondheim’s Art Stephen Sondheim’s Art
Despite beginning his career at the end of musical theater’s golden age, Sondheim helped bring the form to its artistic zenith.
Dec 1, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Shuja Haider
Hero as Intern Hero as Intern
Congressman Matt Gaetz says he’s open to offering Kyle Rittenhouse a congressional internship.—News report Following closely an intern’s routine, Kyle arrives early, stays late at…
Nov 30, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Gayl Jones’s Epic of Liberation Gayl Jones’s Epic of Liberation
In her new novel, Jones offers a story of slavery and freedom in the Americas.
Nov 29, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Farah Jasmine Griffin
Giving Josephine Baker a Hero’s Grave Won’t Bury the Truth… Giving Josephine Baker a Hero’s Grave Won’t Bury the Truth…
About France’s republican racism.
Nov 29, 2021 / Feature / Gary Younge
John Rawls and Liberalism’s Selective Conscience John Rawls and Liberalism’s Selective Conscience
With its doctrine of fairness, A Theory of Justice transformed political philosophy. But what did it leave out?
Nov 27, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Olúfémi O. Táíwò
When Real Life Feels More Like Science Fiction When Real Life Feels More Like Science Fiction
As almost happened in The War of the Worlds, we could kiss this planet goodbye—and if that’s not science fiction transformed into fact of the first order, what is?
Nov 26, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt
Dennis Cooper’s Love Story of a Lifetime Dennis Cooper’s Love Story of a Lifetime
His new book, I Wished, asks: What can a novel do in the service of remembering a lost love?
Nov 26, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kate Wolf
Diane di Prima and the Dream of the East Village Avant-Garde Diane di Prima and the Dream of the East Village Avant-Garde
The poet’s recently released memoir of the 1960s, Spring and Autumn Annals, is an essential document in the history of New York’s downtown art scene.
Nov 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Lynne Feeley
The Radical World of Chicago’s Black Comic Artists The Radical World of Chicago’s Black Comic Artists
An anthology of Black comic book makers from the the postwar era offers a glimpse into a genre of art that skewered the bigotry of white liberalism.
Nov 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Zito Madu