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Dignity Cannot Be Annexed
Jemimah Steinfeld presents excerpts from a compelling personal essay by Nariman Dzhelyal, a Crimean Tatar activist who is currently a political prisoner in Russian-occupied Crimea....
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Politics and Economics
Is Hungary’s Present the United States’ Future?: On Zsuzsanna Szelényi’s “Tainted Democracy”
Jeffrey C. Isaac reviews Zsuzsanna Szelényi’s “Tainted Democracy: Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary.”...
Darkness of Hearts: On Anjan Sundaram’s “Breakup”
Tom Zoellner reviews Anjan Sundaram’s “Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime.”...
Feudalism by Design: On Quinn Slobodian’s “Crack-Up Capitalism”
Jodi Dean reviews Quinn Slobodian’s “Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy.”...
The Perils of Orthodoxy and Florida House Bill 999
Stephen Schryer excavates the roots of contemporary anti-woke politics in the work of the father of modern movement conservatism....
Trust the Tale, Not the Teller?: Art and Propaganda in Contemporary Russia
Adam Kelly delves into the murky intersection of art and politics in Putin’s Russia, through the work of Vladislav Surkov....
Who Gets to Tell War Stories?: On Phil Klay’s “Uncertain Ground”
Katherine Voyles and Nathan White consider Phil Klay’s recent book of essays on war, “Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War.”...
Foundations of Solidarity: A Conversation with Anat Matar
Helen Mackreath talks with Anat Matar about her new book “The Poverty of Ethics.”...
Republicans and the Purple Crayon: How to Fix Partisan Gerrymandering in Wisconsin and Elsewhere
Tom Zoellner seeks a way forward from gerrymandering....
An American Tragicomedy: On Andy Borowitz’s “Profiles in Ignorance”
Bill Thompson looks at “Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber” by Andy Borowitz....
The Character of the Crisis: On Dylan Riley’s “Microverses”
Luisita Lopez Torregrosa considers Dylan Riley’s “Microverses: Observations from a Shattered Present.”...
This Is Stealth Empire: On Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Petersen’s “Sinostan” and Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey’s “On the Edge”
Valerie Hansen reviews Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Petersen’s “Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire” and Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey’s “On the Edge: Life along the Russia-China Border.”...
History of Smut: On Kelsy Burke’s “The Pornography Wars”
Whitney Strub considers Kelsy Burke’s “The Pornography Wars: The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Obscene Obsession.”...
The Photic and the Deep: On Sabrina Imbler’s “How Far the Light Reaches”
Michael Scott Moore reviews Sabrina Imbler’s “How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures.”...
Good Evening, We Are from Ukraine: The Subversive Radicalism of a Viral Wartime Slogan
Maria Sonevytsky explores how a simple phrase became a slogan invoked by Ukrainian politicians, soldiers, intellectuals, and keyboard warriors....
The Eternal Return of Fascism: A Conversation with Rob Riemen
Natasha Lennard speaks with Rob Riemen about the new fascism and the values of European humanism....
How to Swim Against the Stream: On Diogenes
Costica Bradatan considers the lessons of the famous Cynic Diogenes....
C. L. R. James: Renaissance Revolutionary
Alan Warhaftig recalls his encounters with C. L. R. James, one of the finest public intellectuals of the 20th century....
Don’t Be Afraid of Going Wrong: Conversations with C. L. R. James
Alan Warhaftig talks with C. L. R. James about revolutionary politics, the ethics of cricket, and his novel “Minty Alley.”...
Enduring Divides: On Eve Fairbanks’s “The Inheritors”
Jean Hey considers Eve Fairbanks’s “The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa’s Racial Reckoning.”...
Abolition After the George Floyd Rebellion: On Jarrod Shanahan and Zhandarka Kurti’s “States of Incarceration”
Jason E. Smith reviews Zhandarka Kurti and Jarrod Shanahan’s “States of Incarceration: Rebellion, Reform, and America’s Punishment System.”...
This Other’s Body: On the Durability of American Racial Satire
Matthew K. Ritchie draws parallels between Mohsin Hamid’s “The Last White Man” and “Black No More,” George Schuyler’s satire from 1931....
The Afterlife of Slavery: On Carole Emberton’s “To Walk About in Freedom”
Jim Downs reviews Carole Emberton’s “To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner.”...
QAnon, a Compensatory Fantasy for a Nation in Decline: On Robert Guffey’s “Operation Mindfuck” and Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko’s “Pastels and Pedophiles”
Jordan S. Carroll reviews Robert Guffey’s “Operation Mindfuck: QAnon and the Cult of Donald Trump” and Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko’s “Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon.”...
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