Puzzle No. 3438

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

The Borderlands’ Human Stain

Photographs that capture the traces of violence that have plagued the US-Mexico border for generations.

John Washington

The Impending Crisis

Omar El-Akkad’s debut novel imagines a future America riven by civil war.

Madison Smartt Bell

Mal Waldron’s Ecstatic Minimalism

The jazz pianist’s style was simple, but the themes that gave shape to his music were not.

Adam Shatz

Inside Colin Kaepernick’s Trip to Africa

Scholar Ameer Loggins recounts their experiences on the continent.

Dave Zirin

The Left’s Opportunity in Wisconsin

Progressive politics once thrived in the state, and the need for it still exists.

Sarah Jones

A Summer of Special Effects

On one end of the scale, there’s the stroke of cinematic inspiration in A Ghost Story; on the other are CGI inventions like the astonishing Okja.

Stuart Klawans

The Poetics of Jazz

A new book presents an alternative aesthetic history of jazz—and is also a challenge to all music critics.

David B. Hobbs

Trump’s Allies Are Taking Over the Media and Creating Their Own Reality

Is anybody paying attention?

Eric Alterman

Welcome to 2050. The ‘Climate Monster’ Has Arrived.

Here’s the future for a world that failed to act.

John Feffer