Where Life Is Precious, Life Is Precious. And Surely That’s Not Here: On Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s “Chain-Gang All-Stars”Salem James Martinez reviews Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s “Chain-Gang All-Stars.”...SALEM JAMES MARTINEZFICTIONPOLITICSLITERARY CRITICISMSFCULTURAL STUDIES
The Law-Breaking Supreme Court: On Stephen Vladeck’s “The Shadow Docket”Andrew Koppelman reviews Stephen Vladeck’s “The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic.”...ANDREW KOPPELMANLAWPOLITICSHISTORY
Thank God I’m an Atheist: A Conversation with Gianni VattimoMichał Matlak speaks with the late philosopher Gianni Vattimo about communism, Christianity, and the problems of the European Union....MICHAL MATLAKPOLITICSPHILOSOPHY & RELIGION
The New Scarcity Studies: On Two New Socioeconomic HistoriesScott R. MacKenzie reviews two new books on the theory of socioeconomic scarcity....SCOTT R. MACKENZIEECONOMICS AND FINANCEPOLITICS
The Way We Have Always Done It: On Thomas G. Moukawsher’s “The Common Flaw”Judge Brad Seligman reviews Judge Thomas G. Moukawsher’s critique of civil litigation, “The Common Flaw: Needless Complexity in the Courts and 50 Ways to Reduce It.”...BRAD SELIGMANLAWPOLITICS
The Chinese Restaurant on Main Street, USA: On Zai Liang’s “From Chinatown to Every Town”Weiling Deng considers Zai Liang’s “From Chinatown to Every Town: How Chinese Immigrants Have Expanded the Restaurant Business in the United States.”...WEILING DENGECONOMICS AND FINANCEPOLITICSHISTORYCULTURAL STUDIES
Endgame Emotions: The Melting of Time, the Mourning of the WorldMikkel Krause Frantzen explores emotions at the end....MIKKEL KRAUSE FRANTZENPOLITICSMEMOIR & ESSAY
When the Dust Won’t Settle: Stories of Syrian War and Earthquake SurvivorsElle Kurancid writes about the aftermath of the earthquake in Syria, with documentary photographs by Walaa Alshaer....ELLE KURANCID, WALAA ALSHAERLAWPOLITICS
An Insider’s Look at China’s Outside Reality: On Daniel Bell’s “The Dean of Shandong”Paul J. D’Ambrosio reviews Daniel Bell’s “The Dean of Shandong: Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University.”...PAUL J. D’AMBROSIOPOLITICSPHILOSOPHY & RELIGION
Critically Cringe: On Susan Neiman’s “Left Is Not Woke”Samuel C. Huneke takes Susan Neiman’s “Left Is Not Woke” to task....SAMUEL CLOWES HUNEKEPOLITICSCULTURAL STUDIES
Feminism Without Borders: On Hawon Jung’s “Flowers of Fire” and Aviva Wei Xue and Kate Rose’s “Weibo Feminism”Nina Pasquini reviews Hawon Jung’s “Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea’s Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women’s Rights Worldwide” and Aviva Wei Xue and Kate Rose’s “Weibo Feminism: Expression, Activism, and Social Media in China.”...NINA PASQUINIPOLITICSGENDER & SEXUALITY
Calm Can Coexist with Fury: A Conversation with Naomi KleinEditor-in-Chief Michelle Chihara speaks with author Naomi Klein about her new book,“Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World.”...MICHELLE CHIHARANONFICTIONPOLITICS
Weaponized Plumbing: On Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman’s “Underground Empire”Krzysztof Pelc mostly agrees with Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman’s “Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy” but quibbles that it’s hard to draw the line between the peculiarly 21st-century type of influence they describe—which flows from fiber-optic cables, data centers, and dollar clearinghouses—and more conventional types of power....KRZYSZTOF PELCECONOMICS AND FINANCENONFICTIONPOLITICSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYHISTORY
Feeling Politics: On D. Berton Emerson and Gregory Laski’s “Democracies in America”Mark Eaton reviews “Democracies in America: Keywords for the Nineteenth Century and Today,” edited by D. Berton Emerson and Gregory Laski....MARK EATONPOLITICSHISTORY
Thin Ice: On Uwe Wittstock’s “February 1933”Historian Daniela Blei beautifully captures the essence of Uwe Wittstock’s newly translated “February 1933: The Winter of Literature.”...DANIELA BLEINONFICTIONPOLITICSHISTORY
Making #CharlottesvilleAniko Bodroghkozy writes about the tiki torch march in Charlottesville and the media-savvy aspects of the alt-right....ANIKO BODROGHKOZYPOLITICS
How to Destroy a Creative Industry (And How to Save It)Alessandro Camon discusses the WGA/SAG strike as a turning point for Hollywood....ALESSANDRO CAMONECONOMICS AND FINANCEFILMPOLITICS
Change Is Hard: On Miriam Aroni Krinsky’s “Change from Within”Laurie L. Levenson reviews Miriam Aroni Krinsky’s “Change from Within: Reimagining the 21st-Century Prosecutor” and discusses the “progressive prosecution” movement in the criminal justice system....LAURIE L. LEVENSONLAWPOLITICS
Rereading George Eliot One Year After “Dobbs”Dara Rossman Regaignon explores what George Eliot’s Victorian fiction can tell us about the complexities of pregnancy, viability, miscarriage, abortion, and intent....DARA ROSSMAN REGAIGNONFICTIONPOLITICSGENDER & SEXUALITY
Oh, We Knew Agnew: On Spiro Agnew’s Lasting LegacyJerald Podair, Zach Messitte, and Charles J. Holden reconsider the legacy of Spiro Agnew....ZACH MESSITTE, CHARLES J. HOLDEN, JERALD PODAIRPOLITICSHISTORY
The Enemy of My Enemy Is Not My Friend: On Sohrab Ahmari’s “Tyranny, Inc.” and Patrick J. Deneen’s “Regime Change”Jodi Dean reviews Sohrab Ahmari’s “Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What To Do About It” and Patrick J. Deneen’s “Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future.”...JODI DEANPOLITICS
Propaganda, Outrage, and EntertainmentKathryn Cramer Brownell on the electoral transformations wrought by cable news and the evolving media landscape....KATHRYN CRAMER BROWNELLTELEVISIONPOLITICS
Birth Stories Are an Ideological Minefield: A Conversation with Amanda MonteiKate Durbin speaks with author Amanda Montei about her new book “Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control.”...KATE DURBINPOLITICSGENDER & SEXUALITY
The Deep Story Beneath the Big LieThe engine of the right-wing movement is a narrative about social disgrace, according to Anthony Nadler and Doron Taussig....ANTHONY NADLER, DORON TAUSSIGPOLITICS