Politics

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

Fighting Trump, the Early Years
A historian writes an early draft version of the opposition to Trump.
Sean WoodardApr 10, 2019
- History
- Politics
Il Accuse: On “Who Killed My Father” by Édouard Louis
Kevin O’Rourke on the personal and the political in “Who Killed My Father” by Édouard Louis.
Kevin O’RourkeApr 9, 2019
The Kaiser’s Trial: How a Case that Never Happened Helped Create the International Criminal Justice System
Mark Ellis reviews William A. Schabas's meticulously researched and gripping "The Trial of the Kaiser."
Mark EllisApr 8, 2019
The Free Labor Force of Wives: A Conversation with French Feminist Writer Christine Delphy
Annie Hylton talks to French feminist Christine Delphy about domestic labor and #MeToo.
Annie HyltonApr 5, 2019
Have Your Dust and Eat It: On Alexander Robinson’s “The Spoils of Dust: Reinventing the Lake that Made Los Angeles”
A book about one of Los Angeles’s biggest historical embarrassments calls for a new way of seeing it as beautiful.
Peter Sebastian ChesneyApr 4, 2019
“We the People”: A Guide for the Perplexed Liberal
Erwin Chemerinsky's "We the People" is a rallying cry for progressives to get out of their funk.
Laurie L. LevensonApr 3, 2019
- Law
- Politics
What Makes an Immigrant Good?
Simon Lee reviews "The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America," which offers a range of perspectives on assimilation, pluralism, and Othering.
Simon LeeApr 3, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
- Politics
Never Past: On “The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism from World War II to the Present”
The Fourth Reich never happened, but its shadow still can be felt.
Brandon TensleyApr 2, 2019
- History
- Politics
First and Not Last
"First: Sandra Day O’Connor" is the happy product of a rare publishing phenomenon: the marriage of a significant subject with a mature, empathetic writer.
Jonathan ShapiroApr 1, 2019
Love and Loss in the Sierra Maestra: On Tony Perrottet’s “¡Cuba Libre!”
Avoiding hagiographical impulses, Tony Perrottet’s "¡Cuba Libre!" remains grounded in the crude texture of everyday life during the Cuban Revolution.
Victor P. CoronaMar 29, 2019
A Brecht for Our Time: On “The Collected Poems of Bertolt Brecht”
Yuval Sharon reviews the massive "The Collected Poems of Bertolt Brecht," recently released by Liveright.
Yuval SharonMar 26, 2019
The Agony of the Erudite Trumpite
What to make of "The Case for Trump"?
Erik D’AmatoMar 24, 2019
- Politics