What Does a Leader of the Vietnam Anti-War Movement Think About Ken Burns’s Documentary?

According to Todd Gitlin, the film is an extraordinary portrayal of the people who lived through the war—both Americans and Vietnamese.

Jon Wiener

Cambodia’s Crackdown: What Happens When an Autocrat Shutters a Newspaper

As Cambodia turns its back on the West, Hun Sen shuts down The Cambodia Daily.

Julia Wallace

Pilgrim Bell

Kaveh Akbar

This Modern World

Tom Tomorrow

No Wall?

Calvin Trillin

Puzzle No. 3442

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Blaming the People

Is democracy really the problem?

Jan-Werner Müller

Trump’s Campaign Chief Paul Manafort Faces Indictment 

Bob Dreyfuss, plus Sarah Leonard on Hillary’s book and Todd Gitlin on Ken Burns’s Vietnam.

Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

We Need to Reckon With the Story ‘What Happened’ Tells

Hillary Clinton has a unique perspective on a world-historical event. Why shouldn’t she write a book about it?

Katha Pollitt

‘The Vietnam War’: Past All Reason

The new series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick is mesmerizing. But it doesn’t answer the questions about the Vietnam War that many are still seeking.

Andrew J. Bacevich