Politics

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

Why Populism Isn’t a Gateway Drug to Fascism
Peter Berard considers “A Brief History of Fascist Lies,” a new book by Federico Finchelstein.
Peter BerardJul 15, 2020
- Politics
The Art of Dissent
A documentary filmmaker and historian discusses his new film about Czech dissidents under the communist regime.
James Dean Le SueurJul 11, 2020
How to Be Persuasive
Savy Janssen looks at "A Change is Gonna Come: How to Have Effective Political Conversations in a Divided America."
Savy JanssenJul 11, 2020
- Politics
The Only One Left: A Conversation with James Lloydovich Patterson About Grigori Aleksandrov’s “Circus”
Sasha Razor interviews James Lloydovich Patterson, the son of an African American father and a Soviet mother who became a Soviet actor and author.
Sasha RazorJul 7, 2020
A Constitution, If You Can Keep It
Stephen Rohde looks at Ellis Cose’s “Democracy, If We Can Keep It: The ACLU’s 100-Year Fight for Rights in America.”
Stephen RohdeJul 5, 2020
First-Person Plural: On Mark Nowak’s “Social Poetics”
Margaret Ronda reads “Social Poetics” by Mark Nowak.
Margaret RondaJul 5, 2020
- Poetry
- Politics
How to Be Annoying
Joseph Hogan reviews “A Change is Gonna Come: How to Have Effective Political Conversations in a Divided America” by Brian F. Harrison.
Joseph HoganJul 4, 2020
- Politics
An Outsider’s Perspective Inside the United States
Savy Janssen looks at "America through Foreign Eyes," the recently published book by Jorge G. Castañeda.
Savy JanssenJul 1, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
- Politics
The Nine Lives of Modernization Theory
A new book about Eastern Europe’s turn to the right gets it so wrong.
Arjun AppaduraiJun 26, 2020
- Around the World
- Politics
Her Sentimental Properties
White women have trafficked in Black women’s milk.
Sarah MesleJun 22, 2020
Recuperating Humanity: On John Washington’s “The Dispossessed”
American foreign policy created a refugee problem that it is too callous or inept to solve.
Belén FernándezJun 19, 2020
- Politics
Real Life Rock Top 10: June 2020 — Part II
LARB presents the second, all–Bob Dylan edition of the June installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusJun 19, 2020
- Music
- Politics