Politics

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Have Democrats Learned Anything?
Was Nevada Democrat Harry Reid truly a master of the Senate, or at least a game changer, as Jon Ralston’s new biography argues?
Jon ChristensenJan 30
- Politics
- Biography & Autobiography
Learn to Love Engineers
New books by Dan Wang and Hu Anyan depict ‘both the achievements and the costs of China’s technological rise,’ and why Americans should take note.
Afra WangJan 22
- Politics
- Science & Technology
Sounds of Freedom: The Biden Years On-Screen, Part Three
The third installment of ‘The Biden Years On-Screen’ considers the cinematic fallout of cancel culture, the overruling of Roe v. Wade, and the 2022 midterm elections.
Brendan Boyle, Adam NaymanJan 21
MAGA as Fan Fiction
On America’s runaway Story Drive.
Gideon JacobsJan 18
- Politics
Made for Strength
Irene Katz Connelly argues for a new approach to witch hysteria via two recent novels, Olga Ravn’s ‘The Wax Child’ and Irene Solà’s ‘I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness.’
Irene Katz ConnellyJan 10
 The Toxic Landscapes of War
Gregg Mitman looks at the bodily damage that soldiers take home in Joshua Howe and Alexander Lemons’s ‘Warbody: A Marine Sniper and the Hidden Violence of Modern Warfare.’
Gregg Mitman Jan 8
- Environment
- Politics
Stone Age Mindset
Luke Kemp’s ‘Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse’ diagnoses civilizational symptoms while sidestepping serious solutions.
Aaron LabareeJan 2
- History
- Politics
We Are Close, We Are Almost There
Zachary Gillan reflects on Jeffrey Ford’s ‘Well-Built City Trilogy’ in the era of resurgent fascism.
Zachary GillanDec 30, 2025
- SF
- Politics
Fascist Pleasures and Failed Satire
David Shipko faces down postmodern fascism in the video game “Helldivers 2.”
David ShipkoDec 23, 2025
- SF
- Politics
Ta-Ta for Now
Sophie van Well Groeneveld visits a Wolfgang Tillmans survey, the final exhibition at Centre Pompidou before its renovation.
Sophie van Well GroeneveldDec 21, 2025
- Art & Architecture
- Politics
Freeing the Library
Aaron Boehmer writes about community libraries and the importance of accessible archival and literary resources in these times.
Aaron BoehmerDec 5, 2025
- Politics
- Cultural Studies
Chile Yesterday, America Today
Ariel Dorfman revisits acts of brutality in the 1970s and John Dinges’s investigation of who is to blame.
Ariel DorfmanNov 23, 2025
- History
- Politics