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, 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
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
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
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
Why Jack Johnson’s Family Should Refuse Any Exoneration Why Jack Johnson’s Family Should Refuse Any Exoneration
Jack Johnson is too important a historical figure to be used as a prop by right-wing politicians.
Jan 2, 2017 / Dave Zirin
A Catalog of Cadavers A Catalog of Cadavers
Claudia Salazar Jiménez sets out to conjure the experience of atrocity in Peru with her debut novel, Blood of the Dawn. The result is disquieting—though not in the way you’d e...
Dec 30, 2016 / Ratik Asokan
Charles Dickens and the Ghosts of Christmas Present Charles Dickens and the Ghosts of Christmas Present
Our duty as citizens and humans does not end with an electoral disappointment. It begins.
Dec 24, 2016 / John Nichols
Polanyi In Our Times Polanyi In Our Times
What the Austro-Hungarian economic theorist tells us about the upheavals of our age.
Dec 22, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Nikil Saval
Why Are We Still Reliving the Nightmarish Death of Emmett Till? Why Are We Still Reliving the Nightmarish Death of Emmett Till?
When I went to Mississippi to cover the trial, I had no idea that the story would become so relevant again more than 60 years later.
Dec 19, 2016 / Dan Wakefield