Politics

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

Detroit Open City
Detroit is the great American Twilight Zone, where the macabre and the redemptive flow daily in almost equal measure.
Aaron RobertsonSep 13, 2017
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
A Dissident Cartoonist Wades into the United States’s Toxic Relationship With Israel
Antony Loewenstein on Eli Valley's "Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel."
Antony LoewensteinSep 10, 2017
The Intellectual Roots of the Radical Right
Anita Felicelli on Nancy MacLean's "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America."
Anita FelicelliSep 8, 2017
A Utopia of Negotiation?
Jeff Kichaven judges the merits of Lainey Feingold's "Structured Negotiation: A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits."
Jeff KichavenSep 7, 2017
- Law
- Politics
The De-WASPing of the Power Elite: Roman Catholics in American Politics
Catholics overcame systematic suspicion and prejudice to become one of the most indispensable forces in American government, says a new book.
Suzanne O’MalleySep 7, 2017
- Politics
- Religion
The Cosmopolitanism of the Poor
An essay from "Cosmopolitanisms," edited by Bruce Robbins and Paulo Lemos Horta
Magdalena Edwards, Paulo Lemos Horta, Silviano SantiagoSep 6, 2017
- Around the World
- Politics
Navahrudak’s Native Sons: A Report from the Kushners’ Belarusian Homeland
Linda Kinstler reports from Navahrudak, Belarus, a town with a deep history and a link to the Trump administration.
Linda KinstlerSep 6, 2017
The Fifty-Year Rebellion: How the U.S. Political Crisis Began in Detroit
The roots of our social divides can be perceived through the flames of the Detroit riots a half-century ago, says an excerpt of a new book.
Scott KurashigeSep 5, 2017
- History
- Politics
Immigration into the Bosom of America
John Joannes reflects on Tom Gjelten's "A Nation of Nations," recently reissued in paperback.
John JoannesSep 3, 2017
The United States — A Model for the Nazis
Stephen Rohde looks at how the American race laws inspired the Nazis.
Stephen RohdeSep 3, 2017
An Empire of Missed Opportunities
Mario Cuomo is a promising subject for a biography, but this slim book fails to get him either as a politician or a person, says our reviewer.
Robert SlaytonSep 1, 2017
- Biography & Autobiography
- Politics
“The Sound of a Thunder”: Weatherman and the Music of Late-Life Regrets
A former guerrilla tells the story of losing his way.
Jeremy VaronSep 1, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
- Politics