Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump
The target then was the nonexistent threat of Communist teachers; today, it’s the supposed radicalism of the academy and its alleged failure to fight antisemitism.
Apr 3, 2025 / Ellen Schrecker
The Excesses of “Mickey 17” The Excesses of “Mickey 17”
Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi blockbuster is both the director’s simplest and most unwieldy feature yet.
Apr 3, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Phoebe Chen
Netanyahu’s War Netanyahu’s War
Bombing returns and the death toll rises.
Apr 1, 2025 / OppArt / Annabelle Heckler
Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again
The administration’s targeting of international students is a return to a disgraced tradition of xenophobic anti-intellectualism.
Mar 31, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Hopes and Struggles of Thousands of Migrants The Hopes and Struggles of Thousands of Migrants
Walled off from the American dream.
Mar 31, 2025 / OppArt / Hormigas Bordadoras
The Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema The Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema
Why did Hollywood lose interest in making paranoid thrillers like The Parallax View and Three Days of the Condor? Was it a change in the culture? Or a change in the marketplace?
Mar 31, 2025 / Books & the Arts / T. M. Brown
Women’s Rights, Worker’s Rights! Women’s Rights, Worker’s Rights!
The international fight for human rights.
Must a Palestinian Win an Oscar for the World to Care When He’s Attacked? Must a Palestinian Win an Oscar for the World to Care When He’s Attacked?
The assault and arrest of Ballal Hamdan is horrendous, but the framing of the incident reproduces the idea that some lives are more worthy of defense than others.
Mar 27, 2025 / Sleman Altehe