Books and Ideas

Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day Human Rights Day

Will the USA remember our promise?

Dec 10, 2020 / OppArt / Jos Sances

The Vanishing Queer Underground of Los Angeles

The Vanishing Queer Underground of Los Angeles The Vanishing Queer Underground of Los Angeles

Reynaldo Rivera’s photos of the city's nightlife document a time of cheap rent and possibility.

Dec 10, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Kate Wolf

Re-opening Continues Across Densely Populated New York And New Jersey Areas

A Guide to Giving: Worst Year Ever Edition A Guide to Giving: Worst Year Ever Edition

Get a fresh start after a rotten year—help those who help others.

Dec 10, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt

How Rural China Became an Engine for Global Consumer Capitalism

How Rural China Became an Engine for Global Consumer Capitalism How Rural China Became an Engine for Global Consumer Capitalism

Xiaowei Wang’s Blockchain Chicken Farm surveys the tech industry in the Chinese countryside to upend the way we talk about the Internet in the West.

Dec 9, 2020 / Books & the Arts / A.Y. Li

The Past and Future of the Left in the Democratic Party

The Past and Future of the Left in the Democratic Party The Past and Future of the Left in the Democratic Party

Centrist Democrats who blamed the left for election losses would do well to remember the people who have fought for and shaped the party’s history.

Dec 9, 2020 / Michael Brenes and Michael Koncewicz

Trump’s Dilemma: Who Will Give Him Asylum Now?

Trump’s Dilemma: Who Will Give Him Asylum Now? Trump’s Dilemma: Who Will Give Him Asylum Now?

The best candidate, by far, is Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, the despotic ruler of North Korea.

Dec 8, 2020 / Ariel Dorfman

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Detective Trump Is on the Case Detective Trump Is on the Case

So many people to pardon, so little time. 

Dec 8, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Roberto Lovato’s Journalism of the Soul

Roberto Lovato’s Journalism of the Soul Roberto Lovato’s Journalism of the Soul

In his memoir Unforgetting, he shows how reportage that is rooted in personal biography and inner turmoil can unveil a more powerful kind of truth.

Dec 7, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Paoletta

Olivia Laing’s Banal Avant-Garde

Olivia Laing’s Banal Avant-Garde Olivia Laing’s Banal Avant-Garde

In a recent essay collection, Funny Weather, the British writer reveals the limits of her critical method.

Dec 3, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Dilara O’Neil

Susan Taubes’s ‘Divorcing’ Asks: How Far Can the Novel Take You?

Susan Taubes’s ‘Divorcing’ Asks: How Far Can the Novel Take You? Susan Taubes’s ‘Divorcing’ Asks: How Far Can the Novel Take You?

The sole book she released during her life was a work of ahead of its time in terms of style, irreverence, and experimentation.

Dec 2, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Schaffer-Goddard

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