Books and Ideas

Hume’s Call to Action

Hume’s Call to Action Hume’s Call to Action

For philosophy to be effective, it has to understand the world in which it operates. David Hume brought history and politics to the realm of ideas.

Apr 20, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Richard Bourke

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Primary Season That Won’t End The Primary Season That Won’t End

An ongoing series that won’t be over any time soon.

Apr 19, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Callan Wink

Callan Wink’s New West and Old Feelings Callan Wink’s New West and Old Feelings

In Dog Run Moon, disaster strikes everyone, even those who are right living.

Apr 19, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof

Bookshelf

Want to Diversify Publishing? Unionize. Want to Diversify Publishing? Unionize.

Pie charts and hashtags can temporarily embarrass publishers, but the solution may require bringing worker power to bear.

Apr 18, 2016 / J.C. Pan

Black Voters in Ferguson

America’s Changing Racial Makeup Won’t Magically Save the Democratic Party America’s Changing Racial Makeup Won’t Magically Save the Democratic Party

Read Steve Phillips’s new book for the smart analysis of electoral strategy, not for his breakdown of race in the 21st century.

Apr 14, 2016 / Julianne Hing

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Sanders Is for Schmucks Sanders Is for Schmucks

When will young voters come to their senses?

Apr 12, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Carmen Boullosa

The Need of the Forgotten The Need of the Forgotten

The novelist and poet Carmen Boullosa talks about her obsession with lost stories and found textual objects, and how rereading gives books new faces.

Apr 8, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Bady

Hopes of Coexistence in Syria

Hopes of Coexistence in Syria Hopes of Coexistence in Syria

Does Samar Yazbek’s diary of the Syrian civil war merely represent the dreams of an exile?

Apr 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel

Comix Nation: Presidential Candidates We Can All Get Behind

Comix Nation: Presidential Candidates We Can All Get Behind Comix Nation: Presidential Candidates We Can All Get Behind

There are some small downsides.

Apr 7, 2016 / Jen Sorensen

The Wire

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

When it comes to the police, there is one gaping difference between pop music and television.

Apr 5, 2016 / Joshua Clover

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