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Bowe Bergdahl’s Story Was Never Just About One Soldier’s Desertion

Bowe Bergdahl’s Story Was Never Just About One Soldier’s Desertion Bowe Bergdahl’s Story Was Never Just About One Soldier’s Desertion

Matt Farwell and Michael Ames’s American Cipher goes behind the Bergdahl saga to probe America’s imperial past.

Oct 23, 2019 / Lyle Jeremy Rubin

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Rudy Giuliani and the Secret Constitution Rudy Giuliani and the Secret Constitution

For crooked, rich Republicans, everything from “impeachment” to “subpoenas” to “crimes” is in air-quotes

Oct 22, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole

Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole

Andrew Marantz’s Antisocial tells the messy history of how the far right went viral.

Oct 22, 2019 / Evan Malmgren

For Yiyun Li, All Writing Is Autobiographical

For Yiyun Li, All Writing Is Autobiographical For Yiyun Li, All Writing Is Autobiographical

We had a wide ranging conversation with Li about her feelings on autofiction, bad readers, and why her work has yet to be translated into Chinese.
 

Oct 21, 2019 / Q&A / Rosemarie Ho

Peter Handke’s Nobel Condones Violence

Peter Handke’s Nobel Condones Violence Peter Handke’s Nobel Condones Violence

One of Sweden’s most important authors on how the Swedish Academy abuses its platform—and the intelligentsia lets it happen.

Oct 18, 2019 / Johannes Anyuru

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The Case Against Impeachment (According to Republicans) The Case Against Impeachment (According to Republicans)

It would be challenging, distracting, maybe even unconstitutional, and—most importantly—we don’t want to do it.

Oct 16, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Jedediah Purdy Has an Idea That Could Save Us From Capitalism and the Climate Crisis

Jedediah Purdy Has an Idea That Could Save Us From Capitalism and the Climate Crisis Jedediah Purdy Has an Idea That Could Save Us From Capitalism and the Climate Crisis

We talked to the lawyer, theorist, and critic about his new book This Land Is Our Land, his concept of a moral political economy, and the legacies of Bush and Obama.

Oct 16, 2019 / Q&A / Aaron Bady

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Letters From the October 28-November 4, 2019, Issue Letters From the October 28-November 4, 2019, Issue

Shades of whitewashing…

Oct 15, 2019 / Our Readers and Robin D.G. Kelley

On Trump Asking China to Investigate the Bidens

On Trump Asking China to Investigate the Bidens On Trump Asking China to Investigate the Bidens

“You really do believe he was serious?” —Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) on ABC’s This Week Jim Jordan has said that it’s clear That this was a joke Trump contrived— Which makes i…

Oct 15, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Next Year the Nobel Committee for Literature Needs to Look Beyond Europe’s Borders

Next Year the Nobel Committee for Literature Needs to Look Beyond Europe’s Borders Next Year the Nobel Committee for Literature Needs to Look Beyond Europe’s Borders

Despite the differences between Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke, they both reflect a divided Europe as viewed only from within its borders.

Oct 14, 2019 / Jennifer Wilson

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