Mike Pence Ends His Presidential Campaign Mike Pence Ends His Presidential Campaign
Nov 28, 2023 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Can the European Union Be Salvaged? Can the European Union Be Salvaged?
New books by Timothy Garton Ash and Loukas Tsoukalis document the moral and political exhaustion of the “EU” generation.
Nov 28, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mazower
The Radical Art of the Depression Years The Radical Art of the Depression Years
By working within the constraints of the WPA, artists like Philip Guston discovered new modes of representation and irony.
Nov 27, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Hunter Himes
You Have “The Right to Be Lazy” You Have “The Right to Be Lazy”
Paul Lafargue's anti-work manifesto is newly relevant in a time when the very idea of labor is changing.
Nov 23, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Clinton Williamson
FDR Taught Us How to Talk Politics on Thanksgiving FDR Taught Us How to Talk Politics on Thanksgiving
The 32nd president used his holiday proclamations to call for “the establishment on earth of freedom, brotherhood, and justice.”
Nov 23, 2023 / John Nichols
Poetry for Sinking Places and Sinking People Poetry for Sinking Places and Sinking People
Ange Mlinko’s Venice is a collection of poems about cities, ruin, and humanity’s capacity for self-destruction.
Nov 22, 2023 / Rhian Sasseen
Reconsidering the Indelible Legacy of the “Feminist-Critical Mother of Us All” Reconsidering the Indelible Legacy of the “Feminist-Critical Mother of Us All”
The life and times of pioneering feminist scholar Carolyn Heilbrun revealed the defining pressures, struggles, and joys of her era.
Nov 21, 2023 / Gayle Greene
Tomorrow’s Antisemitism Today Tomorrow’s Antisemitism Today
While real antisemitism is rearing its head, the assurance that “anti-Zionism is not inherently antisemitic” can feel like gaslighting.
Nov 21, 2023 / Barry Schwabsky
Should America Keep Celebrating Thanksgiving? Should America Keep Celebrating Thanksgiving?
Sean Sherman argues that we need to decolonize Thanksgiving, while Chase Iron Eyes calls for replacing Thanksgiving with a “Truthsgiving.”
Nov 20, 2023 / The Debate / Sean Sherman and Chase Iron Eyes