Art, Freedom, and a Menagerie: On Ai Weiwei’s “Zodiac”
Melissa Chan reviews “Zodiac” by Ai Weiwei.
Melissa Chan reviews “Zodiac” by Ai Weiwei.
Melissa ChanJan 30
Christopher Newfield argues that we need a new narrative to combat the US Supreme Court’s right-wing story about racial inequities.
Christopher NewfieldJan 26
Jenna N. Hanchey reviews Tlotlo Tsamaase’s “Womb City.”
Jenna N. HancheyJan 23
Crispin Sartwell argues that the Occupy leader seemed to be moving from anarchism to liberalism before his death.
Crispin SartwellJan 20
Conor McCarthy reviews Jeanne Morefield’s “Unsettling the World: Edward Said and Political Theory.”
Conor McCarthyJan 17
Gregory Laski reviews Myisha Cherry’s “Failures of Forgiveness: What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better.”
Gregory LaskiJan 14
Dinyar Patel reviews Ashoka Mody’s “India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today.”
Dinyar PatelJan 11
Jarrod Shanahan reviews Orisanmi Burton’s “Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt.”
Jarrod ShanahanJan 11
Marcus Lee looks at the new Netflix biopic of Bayard Rustin in the context of his reception and iconography.
Marcus LeeJan 5
A tribute to Palestinian writer and activist Refaat Alareer by poet and scholar Mosab Abu Toha.
Mosab Abu TohaJan 2
Julien Crockett talks with Jill Lepore about her new book “The Deadline.”
Julien CrockettJan 2
Alex Bronzini-Vender considers Alexandra Hudson’s “The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves.”
Alex Bronzini-VenderJan 1
Samuel McIlhagga reviews Anne Norton’s “Wild Democracy: Anarchy, Courage, and Ruling the Law.”
Samuel McIlhaggaDec 30, 2023
Carey Mott reviews two books about the blurred lines between communism and capitalism in China: Christopher Marquis and Kunyuan Qiao’s “Mao and...
Carey MottDec 18, 2023
Julie E. Cooper explores the collapse, in the wake of October 7, of traditional Zionist narratives about the presumed protections of the Jewish...
Julie E. CooperDec 6, 2023
Megan Wachspress argues that the relationship of leftist activists to their own whiteness is shaping the current wave of anti-Israeli campus protests.
Megan WachspressNov 29, 2023
Fear and Writing in Xinjiang: On Tahir Hamut Izgil’s “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet’s Memoir of China’s Genocide” and Perhat...
Benno WeinerNov 28, 2023
Vanessa Wills argues that philosophical engagement is a necessary alternative to anti-intellectual nihilism and resurgent authoritarianism.
Vanessa WillsNov 27, 2023
Clevis Headley reviews George Yancy’s “Until Our Lungs Give Out: Conversations on Race, Justice, and the Future.”
Clevis HeadleyNov 26, 2023
Jenna N. Hanchey reviews Yvette Lisa Ndlovu’s “Drinking from Graveyard Wells.”
Jenna N. HancheyNov 22, 2023
Yangyang Cheng reviews Joshua Kurlantzick’s “Beijing’s Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World” and Michael...
Yangyang ChengNov 18, 2023
Mitchell Cohen explores the problematic afterlife of a foundational text of Western Marxism, .“History and Class Consciousness” by Georg Lukács.
Mitchell CohenNov 17, 2023
Jamie Peck reviews “The George Floyd Uprising” by Vortex Group.
Jamie PeckNov 6, 2023
Recent TV series have been imagining worlds without men. What does this absence make possible? asks Elizabeth Alsop.
Elizabeth AlsopNov 3, 2023