Politics

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

What They Meant: On Helena Rosenblatt’s “The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century”
Christine Dunn Henderson uncovers “The Lost History of Liberalism” by Helena Rosenblatt.
Christine Dunn HendersonFeb 14, 2019
- History
- Politics
One Worshipper Is Not Superior to Another
A years-long visual investigation into how Iraq War blowback is playing out in Egypt, the second-largest recipient of US military aid.
Elle Kurancid, Hamada ElrasamFeb 13, 2019
India Calling
Gary Singh picks up Ravi Agrawal's "India Connected: How the Smartphone is Transforming the World's Largest Democracy."
Gary SinghFeb 12, 2019
Fracking Incarnate
Is fracking a misguided, debt-fueled money pit? Bethany McLean’s new book suggests it might be behind the next financial collapse.
Robin Kaiser-SchatzleinFeb 11, 2019
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
Doomed to Survive, but Not Live: An Interview with Joumana Haddad
A Lebanese essayist speaks out against the domination of the body.
Tom ZoellnerFeb 11, 2019
Our Placeless Condition
Hadji Bakara reviews Lyndsey Stonebridge’s “Placeless People: Writing, Rights, and Refugees.”
Hadji BakaraFeb 11, 2019
- Literary Criticism
- Politics
The Limits of Political Morality
"Kennedy and King" reduces morality to obvious indignity, emotion to family life, and everything else to politics. In the end, everything is politics.
Vincent LloydFeb 10, 2019
Bird’s Eye View: Jonathan Franzen Looks Down on Climate Activism
Jonathan Franzen looks down on climate activism.
Edward CarverFeb 8, 2019
A Privileged Violence
On how monarchs through history have paved the way for today’s official corruption.
Sam RisakFeb 7, 2019
- History
- Politics
A New Year Round Robin from Myanmar 2019
ko ko thett brings us another New Year’s letter from Jet Ni.
Jet NiFeb 3, 2019
- Around the World
- Politics
Polarization, USA
Kruse and Zelizer have written the standard work for those teaching courses on the forces of polarization that have produced our divided public.
L. Benjamin RolskyFeb 3, 2019
- Politics
Warriors Without Guns: Yet One Way More to Think About the Civil War
In "Uncivil Warriors," Peter Charles Hoffer looks at how lawyers contributed to the coming conflict, shaped the issues, and helped prosecute the war.
Paul FinkelmanJan 30, 2019