Politics

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

My Identity: Stealing What’s Mine
We bury the bubbling tide of rage that we know we’re entitled to feel, because we, unlike so many others, are at risk whenever we express that rage.
Caleb GayleSep 7, 2020
Keep Ithaka Always in Your Mind: The Greek Community in Modern Egypt
Alexander Kitroeff’s new book traces over a century of Greek migration to and settlement in Egypt.
Gretchen McCulloughSep 6, 2020
Beyond Jermag Yev Sev: A Roundtable on Armenian American Identity
Discussing Armenian American identity, citizenship and history
Aram Ghoogasian, Hrag Vartanian, Sophia ArmenSep 5, 2020
- History
- Politics
Truth Itself Becomes Suspicious: On Rob Brotherton’s “Bad News: Why We Fall for Fake News”
Athia Hardt reviews "Bad News," the new book from Rob Brotherton.
Athia HardtSep 5, 2020
- History
- Politics
The White Nostalgia Pandemic
Geoff Nelson responds to Marilynne Robinson’s essay “What Kind of Country Do We Want?,” elaborating on the perils of white nostalgia.
Geoff NelsonSep 5, 2020
- Politics
Cousins Like Us: Black Lives and John Maynard Keynes
Taylor Beck, a white writer, is discovered by his black cousin; they are both descended from the same slave owner.
Taylor BeckSep 4, 2020
Made, Not Born: Young Voters and the Policies that Make Them
Laura W. Brill reviews "Making Young Voters," the recently published book by John B. Holbein and D. Sunshine Hillygus.
Laura W. BrillSep 3, 2020
- Law
- Politics
Endless Coup, Permanent Struggle: On Nina Lakhani’s “Who Killed Berta Cáceres?”
A story of elite violence and US impunity in Honduras.
Jorge E. CuéllarSep 3, 2020
- Around the World
- Politics
A Hope Machine: On Jeffrey Brooks’s “The Firebird and the Fox: Russian Culture under Tsars and Bolsheviks”
Caryl Emerson pursues “The Firebird and the Fox: Russian Culture under Tsars and Bolsheviks” by Jeffrey Brooks.
Caryl EmersonSep 2, 2020
The Cross and the Swastika
Who is our society’s most potent moral figure? Once it was Jesus Christ. Now it is Adolf Hitler. That shift has big consequences.
Alec RyrieSep 2, 2020
- Politics
- Religion
The Work of Analogy: On Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents”
A sweeping new book reevaluates the American conception of race and class.
Anupama RaoSep 1, 2020
No Mere Slogans: On Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents”
Yogita Goyal reviews Isabel Wilkerson’s new book, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.”
Yogita GoyalSep 1, 2020