Politics

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

The Secessionists of Shasta County
Nevin Kallepalli investigates political resentment in rural California, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”
Nevin KallepalliNov 10
- LARB Lit
- Politics
Uniquely Positioned to Combat Injustice
Randy M. Browne considers Keisha N. Blain’s new book, which finds that Black women, historically, haven’t simply argued for racial justice at home; they have, in fact, fought for and won human rights for everyone worldwide.
Randy M. BrowneNov 8
- History
- Politics
Very Fine People: Charlottesville, Eight Years Later
Aniko Bodroghkozy considers recent books on the 2017 Charlottesville attack as a watershed moment in contemporary neo-Nazism.
Aniko BodroghkozyNov 4
- Politics
- History
Pynchon’s Abundance
Travis Alexander revisits Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel “Vineland,” arguing that it contains a prescient analysis of today’s liberal-leftist divide.
Travis AlexanderOct 30
- Fiction
- Politics
The Cancel-Culture Canard
Emmet Fraizer considers Adam Szetela’s “That Book Is Dangerous! How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing.”
Emmet FraizerOct 26
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
Power Hangs by a Literal Thread
Ian Kumekawa dives into Samanth Subramanian’s “The Web Beneath the Waves: The Fragile Cables That Connect Our World.”
Ian KumekawaOct 23
- Science & Technology
- Politics
The Problem of the Parlor
Douglas Dowland close-reads Dan Sinykin and Johanna Winant’s new edited volume, “Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century.”
Douglas DowlandOct 21
Pills Have Legs
Julia Lloyd George interviews Rebecca Kelliher about her new book “Just Pills: The Extraordinary Story of a Revolution in Abortion Care.”
Julia Lloyd GeorgeOct 14
- Science & Technology
- Politics
Unsettled Enough
Nitish Pahwa unravels the legal and familial complexities of statelessness in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”
Nitish PahwaOct 4
Indecent Disposal: FCC and the Censoring of Late-Night
Deborah L. Jaramillo looks at the relationship between the FCC and the television industry over time.
Deborah L. JaramilloOct 3
Did the Buck Stop with Buckley?
William F. Buckley’s patrician trappings didn’t keep him away from the mud, writes Greg Barnhisel in his review of Sam Tanenhaus’s biography of the conservative intellectual.
Greg BarnhiselOct 2
- Politics
- Biography & Autobiography
The Microchip Titans
Mason Wong reviews three books related to US-China tech industries and global competition.
Mason WongSep 28
- Science & Technology
- Politics