Politics

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

Our Bodies, Our Business
Sascha Cohen reviews “Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight For Sex Workers’ Rights.”
Sascha CohenJan 21, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
The Pennsylvania We Didn’t See: On Ben Bradlee Jr.’s “The Forgotten”
A penetrating look at a single county that put Donald Trump over the top.
Bobbi DempseyJan 20, 2019
- Nonfiction
- Politics
Who Owns Human Rights?
Abena Ampofoa Asare takes a hard look at the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through the lens of critical race theory.
Abena Ampofoa AsareJan 20, 2019
What’s Wrong with Our Schools and What Can We Do About It?
A manifesto for overcoming educational inequality in America’s schools.
Paul F. CumminsJan 20, 2019
- Education
- Politics
Feminisms in Motion: A Conversation with Jessica Hoffmann and Daria Yudacufski
M. Buna speaks to Jessica Hoffmann and Daria Yudacufski, co-editors of “make/shift” magazine and of “Feminisms in Motion.”
M. BunaJan 18, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
A Moral Guide: On Amos Oz’s “Dear Zealots: Letters from a Divided Land”
Seth Greenland responds to “Dear Zealots,” a call for peace by the late Israeli novelist Amos Oz.
Seth GreenlandJan 18, 2019
Not a “No Comment” Person: On Lindsey Hilsum’s “In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin”
Stephanie Sy-Quia reviews “In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin” by Lindsey Hilsum.
Stephanie Sy-QuiaJan 16, 2019
Axis or Allies? World War II and Latin America
Mary Jo McConahay’s “The Tango War” has the heft of comprehensive history and the drama of a spy novel.
Elaine ElinsonJan 15, 2019
Thieves of Experience: How Google and Facebook Corrupted Capitalism
Whatever its imperfections, Shoshana Zuboff's "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" is an original and brilliant work, and it arrives at a crucial moment.
Nicholas CarrJan 15, 2019
Feasting on Precarity
Uber likes to pretend it isn’t a taxi company, even though it is. The difference is crucial.
Robin Kaiser-SchatzleinJan 14, 2019
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
When Looks Can Kill: On Antoine Bousquet’s “The Eye of War: Military Perception from the Telescope to the Drone”
The gaze of warfare is the most penetrating known to humanity.
Anna FeuerJan 14, 2019
A War Far from Over
Lydia Shoup reviews Andrew Delbanco's "The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War."
Lydia ShoupJan 12, 2019
- History
- Politics