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The Democrats Where I’m From
A former Democratic campaign staffer reflects on the weariness of voters and why the important questions never get asked.
Rubin Danberg BiggsSep 6, 2018
- Politics
Poking at Power: Can Comedy be a Political Weapon?
With a president who is a persistent bad joke, how can we use comedy as a vehicle for social change?
RJ NewellSep 6, 2018
Get Lots of Happenings: On Mike Wendling’s “Alt-Right: From 4chan to the White House”
Houman Barekat considers “Alt-Right: From 4chan to the White House,” an analysis of far-right internet culture by Mike Wendling.
Houman BarekatSep 5, 2018
- History
- Politics
How to Fight the Fire
Wendell Berry’s new collection, “The World-Ending Fire,” teaches that the rotten ways we treat one another are rooted in the rotten ways we treat the land.
Dean KuipersSep 5, 2018
Nkori
Onyinye IhezukwuSep 5, 2018
A Love Letter to Concrete
In the fall of 1975, my father signed up for Russian 101 and purchased a copy of the required textbook...
Audrey MurraySep 5, 2018
A Sea Monster Calls
A revisionist take on Moby-Dick with contemporary sociopolitical echoes.
Tim CummingsSep 4, 2018
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Of Place and Identity: Working-Class Writing in 21st-Century Britain
A collection of working-class essays from Britain breaks down walls and shatters categories.
Simon LeeSep 4, 2018
- Around the World
- Politics
The Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas
LARB welcomes the Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas to our Reckless Readers program.
Sophia MarusicSep 4, 2018
Claude Lanzmann’s Ghosts
On the monumental challenge of remembering the dead.
Jennifer CazenaveSep 4, 2018
- Film
- History
Specter of a White Minority
Robert L. Tsai explores how the specter of a white minority fuels contemporary conservative discourse.
Robert L. TsaiSep 3, 2018
- History
- Politics
A Fatigued Fight: Brad Evans and Natasha Lennard’s “Violence: Humans in Dark Times”
Though written in its own inside language, a new anthology offers a roadmap to troubled times.
Alison GatelySep 3, 2018
- Politics
Beyond “Carceral Capitalism”
In "Carceral Capitalism," Wang’s essays set up the abolition of the carceral state as one of the key moral battles of this century.
John W. W. ZeiserSep 3, 2018
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
Beyond Zero-Tolerance: How Rights Violations Follow Migrant Children Past the Border
Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez on how migrant youth are denied aspects of childhood like guarantees to educational access and protection against labor exploitation.
Ivón Padilla-RodríguezSep 3, 2018
Art Inside: Does Art Contribute to Restorative Justice?
In her newest "Art Inside" column, Annie Buckley asks her students whether art can contribute to restorative justice.
Annie BuckleySep 3, 2018
When the Apocalypse Didn’t Come
A memoir about growing up in a cult offers only a partial view of the picture.
Rebecca MooreSep 2, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
- Religion