MAGA’s Bogus Civilization Myth MAGA’s Bogus Civilization Myth
The Trump administration’s rhetoric echoes the same old fantasy of racial purity that animated the 20th-century right.
Jun 9, 2025 / Column / Chris Lehmann
The Wild Lives of Cargo Ships The Wild Lives of Cargo Ships
A capacious new history examines the remaking of the the global economy through the story a single barge.
Jun 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Quentin Skinner and the Contested History of Freedom Quentin Skinner and the Contested History of Freedom
Over a long career, Skinner has sought to reclaim the idea of republican liberty for the modern age. But his work also raises the question: free for what?
Jun 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
A Generation of Injustice at Tyson Foods A Generation of Injustice at Tyson Foods
Alice Driver’s Life and Death of the American Worker, an intimate look at a processing plant in Arkansas, exposes the inhumanity of a workplace and how workers fought back.
Jun 5, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Caroline Tracey
How the MAGA Movement Is Erasing the Legacy of #MeToo How the MAGA Movement Is Erasing the Legacy of #MeToo
Sexual predators are getting free passes from Donald Trump and the right-wing mediasphere.
Jun 4, 2025 / Ben Schwartz
Antigone Kefala and the Art of Exile Antigone Kefala and the Art of Exile
The Australian writer’s 1984 novel, The Island, is a hypnotic work of fiction about the border between life and art.
Jun 4, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Madeleine Watts
Elon Musk’s Real Drug Problem Is Much Worse Than You Think Elon Musk’s Real Drug Problem Is Much Worse Than You Think
What happens when you mix ketamine, ecstasy, and mushrooms with far-right ideology? Spoiler: The results aren’t pretty.
Jun 2, 2025 / Jeet Heer
One Solution to the Housing Crisis Is in Plain Sight One Solution to the Housing Crisis Is in Plain Sight
The shortage can be addressed not through costly new development but by reusing existing buildings.
Jun 2, 2025 / Kate Wagner