Max Eastman: From Left to Right
Georgiy Chernyavskiy reviews “Max Eastman: A Life,” a biography by Christoph Irmscher....
Hard Stands
Jennifer Kabat reviews James Pogue's "Chosen Country," which details the Malheur Reservation standoff and events over the two years preceding it....
The Vigilante Style in California Politics: At a Symposium in the Central Valley, Devin Nunes and Militia Hero Ammon Bundy Tap into a Deep Well of Agrarian Rage
Devin Nunes goes to a farm convention and reaps a crop of right-wing fury....
The Echoes of That Era: An Interview with Jake Tapper
Tom Rosenstiel interviews Jake Tapper about his new novel, “The Hellfire Club.”...
Balancing Act: Richard Sennett’s “Building and Dwelling”
Richard Sennett’s notion of an “open city” articulates how to achieve, or at least think about, the ethical city in the 21st century....
The Autumn of Our Patriarch
Lois Zamora looks at contemporary American politics through the lens of "The Autumn of the Patriarch," a “dictator novel” by Gabriel García Márquez....
Sinking Cities
A lyrical new book on disappearing shorelines connects science to the personal....
Death by Charity
An author takes a road trip across Haiti to understand the blowback from good intentions....
What Is Hope for?
The term “human rights” sounds like a universal good, but it has a surprisingly contentious backstory....
Dystopian Bodies: Barbara Ehrenreich Attacks the Epidemic of Wellness
As Ehrenreich finds, not only is the science of wellness dubious, but its systems of self-control (like dieting) also reify class and gender hierarchies....
Not Raging Against the Dying of the Light
A sharp critique of the anti-aging industry from a keen observer of American flim-flam....
Reasonableness Without Reasons: Yascha Mounk’s “The People vs. Democracy”
Is populism a reaction against oligarchy, or is it part of the oligarchic plan?...
