Politics

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

Fear, Loathing
Yousef Srour traces the abstraction of death in post-9/11 America.
Yousef SrourJun 27, 2025
- Politics
Politics as Usual
Mary Turfah writes on Iran.
Mary TurfahJun 25, 2025
- Politics
Trans Women in the Heartland
Lori Marso examines “Woodworking,” the debut novel from fellow South Dakotan Emily St. James.
Lori MarsoJun 23, 2025
A Week Occupied by ICE, or How Close Does the Violence Become
Rhys Langston reports from Los Angeles.
Rhys LangstonJun 20, 2025
- Politics
Conspiracism, Nationalism, Decline
Sarah Brouillette reviews Jamie Merchant’s “Endgame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline.”
Sarah BrouilletteJun 19, 2025
- Politics
- Economics and Finance
Reactionary Futurism 2025
Jordan S. Carroll reviews recent scholarship on the alt-right.
Jordan S. CarrollJun 16, 2025
- SF
- Politics
Complicity Becomes Us
Matthew D. LaPlante considers the perils of complicity in Boris Fishman’s novel “The Unwanted.”
Matthew D. LaPlanteJun 16, 2025
- Politics
- Fiction
Uncinematic Visions of War
Evan Hill finds himself mired down in Alex Garland’s “Warfare.”
Evan HillJun 13, 2025
- Film
- Politics
Teapot Dome Pitch Meeting: Edward Doheny, Albert Fall, and Cecil B. DeMille
In the fifth installment in an ongoing series, LARB founder Tom Lutz reflects on the convergence of politics and cultural power in early Hollywood.
Tom LutzJun 12, 2025
- Film
- Politics
Fetishizing the Right, from McCarthy to Musk
L. Benjamin Rolsky explores Quinn Slobodian’s “Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right.”
L. Benjamin RolskyJun 8, 2025
- Politics
- History
Is Restructuring the Answer?
Joel Seligman discusses Stephen H. Legomsky’s radical call for restructuring the American republic.
Joel SeligmanJun 6, 2025
- Law
- Politics
 If Not a Nemesis, a Mirror?
Chris Featherman looks at Marlène Laruelle’s “Ideology and Meaning-Making Under the Putin Regime.”
Chris FeathermanJun 4, 2025
- Politics
- Cultural Studies