Books and Ideas

President Trump: So We’re Really Doing This

President Trump: So We’re Really Doing This President Trump: So We’re Really Doing This

Wowee.

Jan 19, 2017 / Matt Bors

Plenty’s Discontent

Plenty’s Discontent Plenty’s Discontent

The lost sense of hope and idealism in David Hare’s England.

Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon

What Art Under Trump?

What Art Under Trump? What Art Under Trump?

In a time of crisis and panic, artists and writers can help remind us that we are more than just voters and statistics.

Jan 18, 2017 / Feature / Margaret Atwood

Protesters at the Human Be-In, San Francisco 1967

All the Human Be-In Was Saying 50 Years Ago, Was Give Peace a Chance All the Human Be-In Was Saying 50 Years Ago, Was Give Peace a Chance

Then, as now, many in the political classes looked down on supposedly impractical efforts to change consciousness.

Jan 13, 2017 / Danny Goldberg

President Obama’s Last Confession President Obama’s Last Confession

Gasp!

Jan 10, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Arizona Supporters Cheer President Elect Donald Trump

How Decades of Disappointment Won the Election for Donald Trump How Decades of Disappointment Won the Election for Donald Trump

Lost wars, globalization, and the resulting bitterness brought a vote against shattered expectations.

Jan 10, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Nat Hentoff

Nat Hentoff, Freedom Fighter Nat Hentoff, Freedom Fighter

The legendary critic, who died recently at the age of 91, passionately defended freedom of expression in jazz, politics, and life.

Jan 9, 2017 / Richard Kreitner

Birth of an Imperial Nation

Birth of an Imperial Nation Birth of an Imperial Nation

A new history of 19th-century America captures how the United States was always an empire.

Jan 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Gabriel Winant

The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Peace Movement

The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Peace Movement The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Peace Movement

An eloquent call to reclaim our history and honor those who resisted the war, from a key architect of the opposition.

Jan 5, 2017 / Feature / Tom Hayden

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Wait! The Election’s Not Really Over Wait! The Election’s Not Really Over

We could debate the hypothetical outcomes until the end of time.

Jan 4, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

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