Archive

Democracy by Numbers
The challenges of partisan gerrymandering are not new, nor is the hope that mathematics can offer a cure.
Alma SteingartAug 10, 2018
A Public Voice for Private Grief
A global survey of official inquiries into the phenomenon of sexual abuse.
Arthur McCaffreyAug 10, 2018
Platform Moderation and Its Discontents
Will moderation save us? Robert Gorwa reviews Tarleton Gillespie's "Custodians of the Internet."
Robert GorwaAug 10, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Inside Bachelor Nation with Amy Kaufman
Amy Kaufman discusses her book "Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure."
LARB Radio HourAug 10, 2018
Our Own Idiosyncratic Version of the Same Ethno-Nationalist Dynamic: Talking to Amy Chua
Andy Fitch interviews Amy Chua about "Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations."
Andy FitchAug 10, 2018
The Bitchified Decade We’re Still Paying For
Allison Yarrow’s “90s Bitch” explores how pre-2000s culture both celebrated and constrained autonomous femininity.
Randle BrowningAug 9, 2018
- Cultural Studies
- Gender & Sexuality
The Repackaging of Stoicism in the 21st Century
What does Stoicism mean today? On Massimo Pigliucci's "How to Be a Stoic."
Temma EhrenfeldAug 9, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
- Science & Technology
Digital Detox: Big Tech’s Phony Crisis of Conscience
A critique of neoliberal panaceas for social media addiction.
Grafton TannerAug 9, 2018
- Politics
- Science & Technology
The Real Enemy In Gillian Flynn's Works? Class.
Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick considers the undertones of class and economic power in the work of Gillian Flynn.
Kyle Raymond FitzpatrickAug 9, 2018
Leaving Rosé Season for a Ragged Happiness
Sonya Lea reviews Kristi Coulter's new essay collection, "Nothing Good Can Come from This."
Sonya LeaAug 8, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
Extra! Extra!
A ringing defense of old-time newspapering from a Los Angeles legend.
Evelyn McDonnellAug 8, 2018
- Politics
Don Franzen Talks with Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump and Emoluments
LARB Legal Affairs Editor Don Franzen interviews Dean of Berkeley Law Erwin Chemerinsky about the current emolument cases against Trump.
Don FranzenAug 8, 2018
- Law
- Politics
Waves of Mutilation: An Excerpt from Jeff Melnick’s “Creepy Crawling: Charles Manson and the Many Lives of America’s Most Infamous Family”
LARB presents an excerpt from Jeff Melnick’s “Creepy Crawling: Charles Manson and the Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family.”
Jeff MelnickAug 8, 2018
- History
- Nonfiction
Paroxysm to the People: The Years of Learning Dangerously at Berkeley
Robert Andersen remembers UC Berkeley in the 1960s.
Robert AndersenAug 8, 2018
There Was No Up or Down: A Conversation with Kate Christensen
Andrew Ervin talks with author Kate Christensen about female friendship, failed vacations, and her most recent novel, "The Last Cruise."
Andrew ErvinAug 8, 2018
Call Sign “Chaos”
A new biography of General James “Mad Dog” Mattis.
Henrik BeringAug 7, 2018
- Biography & Autobiography