On Shame and Healing On Shame and Healing
The truths that lie beneath our loneliest year.
Mar 10, 2021 / Rhea Boyd
The Future of Postcolonial Thought The Future of Postcolonial Thought
A pair of books—one by Walter Mignolo and Catherine Walsh, another by Achille Mbembe—consider the unfulfilled promise of decolonization.
Mar 9, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Arjun Appadurai
Why Do Humans Move? Why Do Humans Move?
A new history examines how migration has been the rule of history, not the exception.
Mar 8, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Immerwahr
Don’t Stop Thinking About (Tom) Tomorrow Don’t Stop Thinking About (Tom) Tomorrow
Cartoonist Dan Perkins increasingly turns to the iconography of science fiction to keep pace with the absurdity of the moment.
Mar 5, 2021 / Jeet Heer
The Resplendent Radicalism of Lawrence Ferlinghetti The Resplendent Radicalism of Lawrence Ferlinghetti
What made Ferlinghetti so refreshing was his delight with each new generation’s readiness to challenge the status quo it had been handed.
Feb 25, 2021 / John Nichols
What Comes After Meritocracy? What Comes After Meritocracy?
The long-standing focus by liberals on meritocratic advancement has isolated the working class.
Feb 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Anderson
‘What Does It Mean to Be Black and Alive Right Now?’ ‘What Does It Mean to Be Black and Alive Right Now?’
In Black Futures, Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham preserve an archive and envision new worlds.
Feb 17, 2021 / Q&A / Mary Retta
Does Christopher Hitchens Need an Authorized Biography? Does Christopher Hitchens Need an Authorized Biography?
Attempts by the former Nation columnist’s widow and literary agent to police a biography are both futile and short-sighted.
Jan 29, 2021 / Feature / David Nasaw
Charles Mills Thinks Liberalism Still Has a Chance Charles Mills Thinks Liberalism Still Has a Chance
A wide-ranging conversation with the philosopher on the white supremacist roots of liberal thought, Biden’s victory, and Trumpism without Trump.
Jan 28, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
How Will Capitalism End? How Will Capitalism End?
Both the origins and the death of our economic system has become an almost intractable riddle for theorists to solve.
Jan 26, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Luban