Politics

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

Reading with the Children of War: A Conversation with Khrystia Vengryniuk
Kate Tsurkan interviews Khrystia Vengryniuk.
Kate TsurkanOct 6, 2023
- Politics
The Struggle Continues: On Vincent Bevins’s “If We Burn”
Tyler McBrien reviews Vincent Bevins’s “If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution.”
Tyler McBrienOct 3, 2023
Addressing the China Challenge: Realisms Right and Wrong
What does the future hold for US–China relations, and what does it mean to be realistic about that future?
Jonathan KirshnerOct 2, 2023
- Politics
Ostalgie: Revisiting East Germany
Does nostalgia for the old East Berlin come from a deeper longing for socialism?
Matthew LongoOct 1, 2023
World Revolution of Youth! On Abigail Susik’s “Resurgence!”
Johanna Isaacson reviews Abigail Susik’s anthology “Resurgence! Jonathan Leake, Radical Surrealism, and the Resurgence Youth Movement, 1964–1967.”
Johanna IsaacsonSep 30, 2023
- Art & Architecture
- Politics
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 MartinezSep 29, 2023
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 KoppelmanSep 27, 2023
Thank God I’m an Atheist: A Conversation with Gianni Vattimo
Michał Matlak speaks with the late philosopher Gianni Vattimo about communism, Christianity, and the problems of the European Union.
Michal MatlakSep 26, 2023
- Philosophy & Religion
- Politics
The New Scarcity Studies: On Two New Socioeconomic Histories
Scott R. MacKenzie reviews two new books on the theory of socioeconomic scarcity.
Scott R. MacKenzieSep 25, 2023
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
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 SeligmanSep 24, 2023
- Law
- Politics
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 DengSep 23, 2023
Endgame Emotions: The Melting of Time, the Mourning of the World
Mikkel Krause Frantzen explores emotions at the end.
Mikkel Krause FrantzenSep 23, 2023
- Memoir & Essay
- Politics