Politics

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

Don Franzen Talks with Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump and Emoluments
LARB Legal Affairs Editor Don Franzen interviews Dean of Berkeley Law Erwin Chemerinsky about the current emolument cases against Trump.
Don FranzenAug 8, 2018
- Law
- Politics
The Lone and Level Sands
A lively history of an underappreciated resource.
David AstrofskyAug 7, 2018
Watching a Country Unravel, One Person at a Time: An Intimate Account of Syria’s Civil War
A new, in-depth history of the Syrian Civil War puts a human face on an intractable conflict.
Najwa al-QattanAug 3, 2018
Toward A Different Solution: Édouard Louis, Émile Zola, and the Literary Accusation
Benjamin S. Bernard and Colton Valentine on “Qui a tué mon père” (Who Killed My Father), a novel by French author and public intellectual Édouard Louis.
Benjamin Bernard, Colton ValentineAug 2, 2018
Seeking Justice at All Costs, from Colombia to Central America
A new book on Latin American corruption shows that the death squads of the 1980s never really died.
Danielle MackeyAug 1, 2018
- Around the World
- Politics
Delightful Listening: A Conversation Between Viet Thanh Nguyen with Arundhati Roy
Viet Thanh Nguyen, whose novel “The Sympathizer” won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, speaks to novelist Arundhati Roy.
Viet Thanh NguyenJul 31, 2018
Darkness in Daylight
The author of a global history of concentration camps on the dehumanization rhetoric in the United States.
David BreithauptJul 29, 2018
- History
- Politics
The Bad Idea That Keeps on Giving
Why does such a thinker as Ayn Rand persist in being taken seriously by otherwise smart people?
Scott TimbergJul 27, 2018
I’ll Take Manhattan: Judith Krantz, Donald Trump, and the Long, Long 1980s
What Judith Krantz’s 1986 novel tells us about Donald Trump’s America.
Elizabeth SchambelanJul 26, 2018
- Fiction
- Politics
Eisenhower and Warren: Parallel Lives
"Eisenhower vs. Warren" is a well-paced, balanced account of two remarkable men.
Joel SeligmanJul 25, 2018
Almost Dying for the Story: On Michael Scott Moore’s “The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast”
A harrowing true account from a journalist held hostage for 977 days by Somali pirates.
Tristan McConnellJul 24, 2018
- Around the World
- Politics
America the Dysfunctional
A gloomy take on the American future by journalist, lawyer, and entrepreneur Steven Brill.
Alexander C. KafkaJul 22, 2018
- Politics