“To Free Someone Else”: Toni Morrison the Book Editor “To Free Someone Else”: Toni Morrison the Book Editor
A recent book on her career in publishing makes the case that the great American novelist should also be seen as a pathbreaking editor.
Oct 6, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Marina Magloire
Trump, Like Sauron, Is Not Inevitable—but Only if We Refuse Despair Trump, Like Sauron, Is Not Inevitable—but Only if We Refuse Despair
J.R.R. Tolkien has a message for us: Don’t give in to Trump.
Oct 3, 2025 / Aaron Regunberg
The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia
It turns out that edgy free-speech warriors will scuttle their principles for a check from a brutal autocratic regime.
Oct 2, 2025 / Ben Schwartz
How Germany Silenced Its Artists to Support Israel How Germany Silenced Its Artists to Support Israel
As Israel intensified its genocide in Gaza, Germany ramped up its long-simmering war on dissent, silencing Palestine solidarity while bolstering its own far right.
Sep 30, 2025 / Feature / Nikki Columbus
Tezer Özlü—the Rebel of Turkish Letters Tezer Özlü—the Rebel of Turkish Letters
Journey to the Edge of Life, a striking composite of memoir, biography, and criticism, dwells on the connection between art and death.
Sep 30, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Kaya Genç
How Should We Remember the Art of Ben Shahn? How Should We Remember the Art of Ben Shahn?
Caught between his political and aesthetic commitments, the painter, photographer, and illustrator has suffered the fate of misapprehension.
Sep 29, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Pujan Karambeigi
The Shortest Presidential Campaign The Shortest Presidential Campaign
Kamala Harris’s 107 Days offers a devastating indictment of Joe Biden. It also documents the limits of her own politics.
Sep 26, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer
On the Road With Joe Westmoreland On the Road With Joe Westmoreland
The writer’s only novel, Tramps Like Us, is a classic of queer literature—one that crystallizes the agony and the ecstasy of coming of age during the HIV era.
Sep 25, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Sasha Geffen
How Capitalism Survives How Capitalism Survives
According to John Cassidy’s century-spanning history Capitalism and Its Critics, the system lives on because of its antagonists.
Sep 24, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Erik Baker
The Supreme Court Has Always Been This Bad The Supreme Court Has Always Been This Bad
From allowing segregation to gutting abortion rights, the court’s reactionary streak runs deep. A new collection shows why calls for reform are as old as the court itself.
Sep 23, 2025 / Richard Kreitner