Trump of the Living Dead Trump of the Living Dead
We thought fascism was dead and buried. We were wrong.
Jun 18, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Why the Paper of Record Hates Cartoons Why the Paper of Record Hates Cartoons
Cartoons are powerful—so much so that The New York Times is cracking down on them.
Jun 18, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Guardians of Civilization Guardians of Civilization
The truth hurts at times.
Jun 13, 2019 / OppArt / Kevin Kallaugher and Ed Hall
Scamming the Scene: Lucy Ives and the Fiction of the Cultural Industry Scamming the Scene: Lucy Ives and the Fiction of the Cultural Industry
Ives’ second novel, Loudermilk, lampoons MFA writing programs and the inherited wealth that props them up.
Jun 12, 2019 / Charlie Markbreiter
Vasily Grossman in War and Peace Vasily Grossman in War and Peace
In both his life and his writing, the novelist and journalist captured the complications and contradictions of the Soviet century.
Jun 12, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Sheila Fitzpatrick
Adam Gopnik and the Cul-de-sac of 21st-Century Liberalism Adam Gopnik and the Cul-de-sac of 21st-Century Liberalism
In his new book, the New Yorker writer sets out to defend liberalism from its critics, but only ends up revealing its current limitations.
Jun 12, 2019 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
Inside the Fake News Factory Inside the Fake News Factory
The “Enemy of the People” is at it again!
Jun 11, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
A Peek Into a Future When the Border Wall Is Built and the 1 Percent Get Away With More Than Just Murder A Peek Into a Future When the Border Wall Is Built and the 1 Percent Get Away With More Than Just Murder
Fernando A. Flores’s debut novel, Tears of the Trufflepig, is unlike any border story you’ve read before.
Jun 10, 2019 / Joshua Rivera
Bill Moyers Is Still the Best President We Never Had Bill Moyers Is Still the Best President We Never Had
Many years ago, Molly Ivins tried to get a fellow Texan to make an unlikely bid for the White House.
Jun 5, 2019 / John Nichols
In Elvia Wilk’s ‘Oval,’ Berlin Is Where the Late Capitalist Apocalypse Finally Happens In Elvia Wilk’s ‘Oval,’ Berlin Is Where the Late Capitalist Apocalypse Finally Happens
Her debut novel is a cutting satire of a future in which corporate doublespeak, art-world pedants, and climate change threaten to undo the German capital.
Jun 4, 2019 / Alex Ronan