Between Familial and World-Historical: The Legacy of Chantal Akerman Between Familial and World-Historical: The Legacy of Chantal Akerman
One of the Belgian filmmaker’s final works, a memoir about the last years of her mother’s life, shines a light on the roots of her art.
Dec 13, 2019 / Eliza Levinson
The West Does Not Have a Copyright on Justice The West Does Not Have a Copyright on Justice
British scholar Priyamvada Gopal discusses the hidden histories of anticolonialism.
Dec 10, 2019 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini
‘The Irishman’ Tells the Story of the Corruption of Empire ‘The Irishman’ Tells the Story of the Corruption of Empire
Scorsese’s gangster epic highlights the personal and political cost of counterrevolutionary violence.
Dec 6, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Nathan J. Robinson Wants You to Be a Socialist Nathan J. Robinson Wants You to Be a Socialist
We talked to the editor of Current Affairs about his new book, an impassioned argument for socialism in the 21st century.
Dec 6, 2019 / Q&A / Teddy Ostrow
‘I Hotel’ Is the Unheralded Document of a Decade of Asian American Activism ‘I Hotel’ Is the Unheralded Document of a Decade of Asian American Activism
Karen Tei Yamashita’s recently republished epic novel is a reminder of fiction’s ability to both transmit and embody transformational ideas.
Dec 4, 2019 / Lucas Iberico Lozada
MAGA-Vision Goggles! MAGA-Vision Goggles!
They’re the only protection against the persuasive power of reality.
Dec 3, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Where Billionaires Stand on the Presidency Where Billionaires Stand on the Presidency
First Schultz thought he might, then Steyer jumped in. Now Bloomberg’s announced. (Though his chances are thin, He hopes with his dough he won’t need early states.) No word yet fro…
Dec 3, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Is the ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel Anything but Fan Service? Is the ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel Anything but Fan Service?
Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments is caught between grappling with the politics of the moment and the politics of television success.
Dec 2, 2019 / Sarah Jones
Eric Foner’s Story of American Freedom Eric Foner’s Story of American Freedom
Charting the ironies of freedom won and lost during and after the Civil War, the American historian has also helped us better understand the ambiguous consequences of what were alm...
Dec 2, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin