Politics

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

Odd Couples, Carbon Coins, and Narrative Scopes: An Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson
Kim Stanley Robinson and Everett Hamner discuss “The Ministry for the Future,” ecological defense, gender equity, economic policy, and ecoreligion.
Everett HamnerDec 8, 2020
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The Original Sin: On Barnes Carr’s “The Lenin Plot” and Jonathan Schneer’s “The Lockhart Plot”
Douglas Smith investigates two recent books on foreign intervention in the Russian Civil War.
Douglas SmithDec 7, 2020
We Need to Talk About England
Ravi Ghosh reviews Alex Niven’s “New Model Island” and reflects on the current state of the UK’s political sphere.
Ravi GhoshDec 7, 2020
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The Ghosts of Cambridge
Alex Langstaff reviews Jill Lepore’s “If Then” about the Cold War origins of computational data mining and its seedy alliance with behavioral psychology.
Alex LangstaffDec 7, 2020
The Voice of Feminism: On “F Letter: New Russian Feminist Poetry”
Francesca Ebel listens to the varied voices of “F Letter: New Russian Feminist Poetry.”
Francesca EbelDec 6, 2020
Performance Anxiety: How Cold War Men’s Adventure Magazines Shaped Soldiers’ (Mis)Understandings of the Vietnam War
Cheap magazine stories may have fueled the way we fought the Vietnam War.
Nicholas UtzigDec 5, 2020
The Juridical Is Libidinal: From the First Amendment to “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
As Maggie Hennefeld explains, Sacha Baron Cohen’s satire takes scatological aim at the American body politic at its most abject.
Maggie HennefeldDec 4, 2020
Almost Home
The rebel flag, monuments to the Lost Cause, and beyond: the artifacts of white supremacy are part of the landscape of Atlanta.
Pete CandlerDec 3, 2020
Sprung from the Joint, but to Where?
Matt Joy reviews "The Second Chance Club," Jason Hardy's memoir of his life as a parole officer.
Matt JoyDec 2, 2020
Downsizing Shinzō Abe
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe built an image of a creative disruptor. He disrupted a lot, but he didn’t create much.
Jeff KingstonDec 2, 2020
The Beheading of Rhodes in Cape Town
Nadia Davids reflects on the sawed-away bust of Cecil Rhodes in light of confrontations with memorials both in Cape Town and across the world.
Nadia DavidsDec 1, 2020
Free Yet Flawed: On Sherry L. Smith’s “Bohemians West”
Elaine Elinson reviews “Bohemians West: Free Love, Family and Radicals in Twentieth Century America,” the new dual biography by Sherry L. Smith.
Elaine ElinsonNov 28, 2020