Guns and Grammar, or How to Read the Second Amendment
Frank Bergon argues that bad grammar is driving our gun problem, via the Supreme Court’s reading of the Second Amendment.
Frank Bergon argues that bad grammar is driving our gun problem, via the Supreme Court’s reading of the Second Amendment.
Frank BergonJul 2, 2023
Scott Burton interviews Dina Nayeri on her recent book “Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn’t Enough.”
Scott BurtonJun 30, 2023
Abigail Susik speaks with feminist philosopher Silvia Federici about abortion bans, reproductive justice, and the ongoing war against women.
Abigail SusikJun 23, 2023
Dana Garcetti reviews Allen Goodman’s “Everyone Against Us: Public Defenders and the Making of American Justice,” in which the author, a former...
Dana GarcettiJun 17, 2023
Aaron Gwyn reviews Sam W. Haynes’s “Unsettled Land: From Revolution to Republic, the Struggle for Texas.”
Aaron GwynJun 3, 2023
Massimo Mazzotti uses a forgotten episode in revolutionary Naples to demonstrate the entanglement of mathematics and politics.
Massimo MazzottiJun 2, 2023
Natasha Lennard speaks with Nicholas Mirzoeff about his new book “White Sight: Visual Politics and Practices of Whiteness.”
Natasha LennardJun 1, 2023
L. Benjamin Rolsky reviews Jeff Sharlet’s “The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War.”
L. Benjamin RolskyMay 21, 2023
Michael Docherty on what Malcolm Harris’s history of Palo Alto owes to Mike Davis’s histories of Los Angeles.
Michael DochertyMay 20, 2023
Kate Fortmueller explains the deep roots of the latest WGA strike.
Kate FortmuellerMay 19, 2023
Jarrod Shanahan reviews “A Brilliant Red Thread: Revolutionary Writings from Don Hamerquist,” edited by Luis Brennan.
Jarrod ShanahanMay 12, 2023
Priyanka Kumar writes that the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act is essential to preserving not only the monarch butterfly but also biodiversity...
Priyanka KumarMay 12, 2023
Jemimah Steinfeld presents excerpts from a compelling personal essay by Nariman Dzhelyal, a Crimean Tatar activist who is currently a political...
Jemimah Steinfeld, Nariman DzhelyalMay 7, 2023
Jeffrey C. Isaac reviews Zsuzsanna Szelényi’s “Tainted Democracy: Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary.”
Jeffrey C. IsaacApr 19, 2023
Tom Zoellner reviews Anjan Sundaram’s “Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime.”
Tom ZoellnerApr 14, 2023
Jodi Dean reviews Quinn Slobodian’s “Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy.”
Jodi DeanApr 10, 2023
Stephen Schryer excavates the roots of contemporary anti-woke politics in the work of the father of modern movement conservatism.
Stephen SchryerMar 15, 2023
Adam Kelly delves into the murky intersection of art and politics in Putin’s Russia, through the work of Vladislav Surkov.
Adam KellyMar 12, 2023
Katherine Voyles and Nathan White consider Phil Klay’s recent book of essays on war, “Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible...
Katherine Voyles, Nathan WhiteMar 9, 2023
Helen Mackreath talks with Anat Matar about her new book “The Poverty of Ethics.”
Helen MackreathFeb 27, 2023
Tom Zoellner seeks a way forward from gerrymandering.
Tom ZoellnerFeb 22, 2023
Bill Thompson looks at “Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber” by Andy Borowitz.
Bill ThompsonFeb 16, 2023
Luisita Lopez Torregrosa considers Dylan Riley’s “Microverses: Observations from a Shattered Present.”
Luisita Lopez TorregrosaFeb 9, 2023
Valerie Hansen reviews Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Petersen’s “Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire” and Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey’s...
Valerie HansenFeb 3, 2023