A Traitor Who Writes A Traitor Who Writes
Chinese novelist Yan Lianke on censorship and the dream of getting published without writing drivel.
Jul 27, 2015 / Dispatch / Yan Lianke
From Opium Wars to Darwin’s Finches: A Brief History of Great Britain From Opium Wars to Darwin’s Finches: A Brief History of Great Britain
History has shown us time and time again that we are only human.
Jul 27, 2015 / Eduardo Galeano
My Mother, the American War Hero My Mother, the American War Hero
My mother’s caricatures were more than just drawings—they were a symbol of the civilian mobilization that’s since disappeared from American wars.
Jul 21, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
How to Revive Progressive-Era Economics for the New Gilded Age How to Revive Progressive-Era Economics for the New Gilded Age
How do we fight concentrations of private corporate power? By studying how they did it last time.
Jul 21, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / K. Sabeel Rahman
July 19, 1898: Emile Zola Flees France After Being Convicted of Libel in the Dreyfus Affair July 19, 1898: Emile Zola Flees France After Being Convicted of Libel in the Dreyfus Affair
“The whole force of will and ferocity of temperament of the man imbedded itself upon the page.”
Jul 19, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
How Long Before Israel Begins Another Operation in the Gaza Strip? How Long Before Israel Begins Another Operation in the Gaza Strip?
“For Israel, war is no longer an option. It is a way of life.”
Jul 16, 2015 / Max Blumenthal
‘The Most Dangerous Man in America’ ‘The Most Dangerous Man in America’
The Watergate scandal was the final straw in Richard Nixon's fall from grace.
Jul 14, 2015 / Tim Weiner
Why North Carolina Is the New Selma Why North Carolina Is the New Selma
Selma in 1965 and North Carolina in 2015 show how far conservative white Southerners will go to maintain political power.
Jul 14, 2015 / Ari Berman
The NYRB Is Rewriting Tony Judt’s Stance on Israel The NYRB Is Rewriting Tony Judt’s Stance on Israel
Judt called for a just resolution to the conflict, not the preservation of a “Jewish State.”
Jul 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
July 14, 1789: French Revolutionaries Storm the Bastille July 14, 1789: French Revolutionaries Storm the Bastille
What are people really celebrating when they mark the anniversary of “Bastille Day”?
Jul 14, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner