Post-Truth and Its Consequences: What a 25-Year-Old Essay Tells Us About the Current Moment Post-Truth and Its Consequences: What a 25-Year-Old Essay Tells Us About the Current Moment
“We are rapidly becoming prototypes of a people that totalitarian monsters could only drool about in their dreams,” a Nation writer said in 1992.
Nov 30, 2016 / Richard Kreitner
How Cubans See Fidel Castro and His Revolution Is Tied to How They See Themselves How Cubans See Fidel Castro and His Revolution Is Tied to How They See Themselves
It’s no surprise many beam with pride when they talk about the “triumphs of the revolution.”
Nov 30, 2016 / Andrés S. Pertierra
Would Politics Be Better Off Without Anger? Would Politics Be Better Off Without Anger?
Martha Nussbaum’s new book about the dangers of anger tells us more about the limits of the liberal mindset than the actual world of politics.
Nov 30, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Amia Srinivasan
How to Understand the Struggle for Black Freedom After Emancipation How to Understand the Struggle for Black Freedom After Emancipation
Five important books tell the tale.
Nov 30, 2016 / Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Washington’s New African-American Museum Shows How Black History Shaped the American Experience Washington’s New African-American Museum Shows How Black History Shaped the American Experience
The most recent and cutting-edge scholarship informs the exhibits.
Nov 30, 2016 / Feature / Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Wideman’s Ghosts Wideman’s Ghosts
A profound sense of hope and despair haunts John Edgar Wideman’s new work of nonfiction.
Nov 29, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Jesse McCarthy
Philip Guston’s Man Beyond Redemption Philip Guston’s Man Beyond Redemption
Guston’s drawings of Richard Nixon stayed private until decades after the artist’s death.
Nov 26, 2016 / Alina Cohen
Darcy James Argue’s Terrific Thrill Darcy James Argue’s Terrific Thrill
A staggeringly ambitious album explores the themes of cultural paranoia and false truth.
Nov 25, 2016 / David Hajdu
What Time Is It? Here’s What the 2016 Election Tells Us About Obama, Trump, and What Comes Next What Time Is It? Here’s What the 2016 Election Tells Us About Obama, Trump, and What Comes Next
Political scientist Stephen Skowronek talks about how his theory of the cycles of presidential history explains the campaign’s shocking results.
Nov 22, 2016 / Richard Kreitner
Seeing Mars, Seeing Red Seeing Mars, Seeing Red
As the climate warms and this planet of ours continues sprinting toward extinction, we’re seeing the cultural fixation with Mars take center stage.
Nov 19, 2016 / Sam Sax