Politics

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

Who’s Afraid of the White Working Class?: On Joan C. Williams’s “White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America”
David Roediger on “White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America.”
David RoedigerMay 17, 2017
Can the Center Hold? Dodger Stadium and Downtown Los Angeles
Darryl Holter reflects on “City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles” by Jerald Podair.
Darryl HolterMay 16, 2017
- History
- Politics
Ravine Politics: How Dodger Stadium Defined Los Angeles
Peter Richardson tours the “City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles” by Jerald Podair.
Peter RichardsonMay 16, 2017
- History
- Politics
A Murderer, a Martyr, a Daughter, a Lover: Four Ways of Looking at Abortion
A crop of new books — a novel and three memoirs — add complexity to the seemingly insurmountable national divide over abortion.
Sarah HerringtonMay 15, 2017
An Honest Town
One of the first books about the 2016 campaign focuses on its first primary, where Trump emerged triumphant.
Shehryar FazliMay 15, 2017
- Politics
The Fascist and the Preacher: Gerald L. K. Smith and Francis Parker Yockey in Cold War–Era Los Angeles
Anthony Mostrom revisits the sordid careers of racists Gerald L. K. Smith and Francis Parker Yockey.
Anthony MostromMay 13, 2017
- History
- Politics
Democracy’s Dark Side
Benjamin Cunningham reviews Jan-Werner Müller’s “What Is Populism?”
Benjamin CunninghamMay 12, 2017
- Around the World
- Politics
Hear, Hear: David McCullough’s Soaring Speeches
David McCullough is not just among America’s foremost historians. He’s also one of the most eloquent champions of the American idea.
Andrew CarrollMay 12, 2017
- Politics
After the Facts
What can a 1957 Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy movie tell us about the fate of middle-class jobs?
Adam MorrisMay 11, 2017
The Fragility of Politics: What Paul Ricoeur Can Teach Us About the French Election
Robert Zaretsky explores how Paul Ricoeur’s ethics inform Emmanuel Macron’s politics.
Robert ZaretskyMay 7, 2017
- Philosophy & Religion
- Politics
White Fear’s Avatar: Chris Hayes on Trump and American Law and Order
Chris Hayes explains why the United States is really two nations, one where law is used as a tool of freedom, the other where it is used to suppress.
Jared KellerMay 4, 2017
- Politics
51.4 Percent Insane, 48.6 Percent Melancholy: The Turkish Referendum
Nicholas Bredie reads Ece Temelkuran's "Turkey: The Insane and the Melancholy" to help understand Turkey's recent constitutional referendum.
Nicholas BredieMay 3, 2017
- Around the World
- Politics