Feedback Loop: On Jeff Sharlet’s “The Undertow”L. Benjamin Rolsky reviews Jeff Sharlet’s “The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War.”...L. BENJAMIN ROLSKYPOLITICS
Grieving Redness in the West: Reading Malcolm Harris After Mike DavisMichael Docherty on what Malcolm Harris’s history of Palo Alto owes to Mike Davis’s histories of Los Angeles....MICHAEL DOCHERTYPOLITICS
The Writers’ Strike Opens Old WoundsKate Fortmueller explains the deep roots of the latest WGA strike....KATE FORTMUELLERPOLITICS
Never Content: On Don Hamerquist’s “A Brilliant Red Thread”Jarrod Shanahan reviews “A Brilliant Red Thread: Revolutionary Writings from Don Hamerquist,” edited by Luis Brennan....JARROD SHANAHANPOLITICS
The Shield That Protects Us: Monarch Butterflies, Biodiversity, and the Recovering America’s Wildlife ActPriyanka Kumar writes that the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act is essential to preserving not only the monarch butterfly but also biodiversity itself....PRIYANKA KUMARPOLITICS
Dignity Cannot Be AnnexedJemimah Steinfeld presents excerpts from a compelling personal essay by Nariman Dzhelyal, a Crimean Tatar activist who is currently a political prisoner in Russian-occupied Crimea....JEMIMAH STEINFELD, NARIMAN DZHELYALPOLITICS
Is Hungary’s Present the United States’ Future?: On Zsuzsanna Szelényi’s “Tainted Democracy”Jeffrey C. Isaac reviews Zsuzsanna Szelényi’s “Tainted Democracy: Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary.”...JEFFREY C. ISAACPOLITICS
Darkness of Hearts: On Anjan Sundaram’s “Breakup”Tom Zoellner reviews Anjan Sundaram’s “Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime.”...TOM ZOELLNERPOLITICS
Feudalism by Design: On Quinn Slobodian’s “Crack-Up Capitalism”Jodi Dean reviews Quinn Slobodian’s “Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy.”...JODI DEANPOLITICS
The Perils of Orthodoxy and Florida House Bill 999Stephen Schryer excavates the roots of contemporary anti-woke politics in the work of the father of modern movement conservatism....STEPHEN SCHRYERPOLITICS
Trust the Tale, Not the Teller?: Art and Propaganda in Contemporary RussiaAdam Kelly delves into the murky intersection of art and politics in Putin’s Russia, through the work of Vladislav Surkov....ADAM KELLYPOLITICS
Who Gets to Tell War Stories?: On Phil Klay’s “Uncertain Ground”Katherine Voyles and Nathan White consider Phil Klay’s recent book of essays on war, “Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War.”...KATHERINE VOYLES, NATHAN WHITEPOLITICS
Foundations of Solidarity: A Conversation with Anat MatarHelen Mackreath talks with Anat Matar about her new book “The Poverty of Ethics.”...HELEN MACKREATHPOLITICS
Republicans and the Purple Crayon: How to Fix Partisan Gerrymandering in Wisconsin and ElsewhereTom Zoellner seeks a way forward from gerrymandering....TOM ZOELLNERPOLITICS
An American Tragicomedy: On Andy Borowitz’s “Profiles in Ignorance”Bill Thompson looks at “Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber” by Andy Borowitz....BILL THOMPSONPOLITICS
The Character of the Crisis: On Dylan Riley’s “Microverses”Luisita Lopez Torregrosa considers Dylan Riley’s “Microverses: Observations from a Shattered Present.”...LUISITA LOPEZ TORREGROSAPOLITICS
This Is Stealth Empire: On Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Petersen’s “Sinostan” and Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey’s “On the Edge”Valerie Hansen reviews Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Petersen’s “Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire” and Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey’s “On the Edge: Life along the Russia-China Border.”...VALERIE HANSENPOLITICS
History of Smut: On Kelsy Burke’s “The Pornography Wars”Whitney Strub considers Kelsy Burke’s “The Pornography Wars: The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Obscene Obsession.”...WHITNEY STRUBPOLITICSHISTORYGENDER & SEXUALITY
The Photic and the Deep: On Sabrina Imbler’s “How Far the Light Reaches”Michael Scott Moore reviews Sabrina Imbler’s “How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures.”...MICHAEL SCOTT MOOREPOLITICSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Good Evening, We Are from Ukraine: The Subversive Radicalism of a Viral Wartime SloganMaria Sonevytsky explores how a simple phrase became a slogan invoked by Ukrainian politicians, soldiers, intellectuals, and keyboard warriors....MARIA SONEVYTSKYAROUND THE WORLDPOLITICSMUSIC
The Eternal Return of Fascism: A Conversation with Rob RiemenNatasha Lennard speaks with Rob Riemen about the new fascism and the values of European humanism....NATASHA LENNARDPOLITICSPHILOSOPHY & RELIGION
How to Swim Against the Stream: On DiogenesCostica Bradatan considers the lessons of the famous Cynic Diogenes....COSTICA BRADATANPOLITICSPHILOSOPHY & RELIGION
C. L. R. James: Renaissance RevolutionaryAlan Warhaftig recalls his encounters with C. L. R. James, one of the finest public intellectuals of the 20th century....ALAN WARHAFTIGAROUND THE WORLDNONFICTIONFICTIONPOLITICS
Don’t Be Afraid of Going Wrong: Conversations with C. L. R. JamesAlan Warhaftig talks with C. L. R. James about revolutionary politics, the ethics of cricket, and his novel “Minty Alley.”...ALAN WARHAFTIGAROUND THE WORLDNONFICTIONFICTIONPOLITICS
