The Future for Labor
A new book heralds workers fighting for a fair deal—even when they can’t join unions.
Culture
The Beltway Book of the Damned
Mark Halperin's forthcoming tome features dozens of Beltway insiders, showing how little has changed in This Town.
What Have You Done, Richard Linklater?
"Where’d You Go, Bernadette" is a travesty.
Active Duty
Who wrote women out of Civil War history?
The Green New Deal: A Capitalist Plot (Part 2)
The Hamiltonian public option
The Family’s Big Secret Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Netflix’s new investigative documentary exposes a shadowy religious organization with immense influence—and a connection to Donald Trump.
Pioneers of Cultural Relativism
How a group of anthropologists set out to study other societies and reflected on their own.
Donald Trump’s Guide to Racism
He thinks "The Hunt" is racist. Elijah Cummings, too. That tells us a lot about the president's sinister worldview.
Honeyland Is a Stinging Allegory for Man-Made Disaster
In this lush documentary, one Macedonian farmer reveals the ills of modern agriculture.
The Harsh World of Offshore Borders
How governments use “remote control” policies to prevent asylum seekers coming anywhere close to refuge.
The Case of the “Disappearing” Poet
Why did a white poet see the success of writers of color as a signal of his own demise?
Remembering Toni Morrison
Four writers pay tribute to a great American novelist and groundbreaking intellect.
In Defense of Sparta
The alt-right and other fanatics of the ancient civilization are distorting history. Sparta can teach us how to rethink liberal democracy.
The Sound and the Silence of Toni Morrison
The Nobel laureate, who died this week, made the world bigger for all of us.
Jihadi John, Domestic Terrorist
A new HBO documentary about the ISIS killer comes just as the West is reexamining who its enemies really are.
The Destructive Politics of White Amnesia
Joe Biden set the stage for Donald Trump's racial scapegoating. Why can't he admit that he was wrong?
Natalia Ginzburg’s Radical Clarity
Wars, deaths, suffering women, and families and their discontents are the abiding themes of her novels.
Colson Whitehead, American Escape Artist
"The Nickel Boys" frees voices imprisoned in a forgotten past.
The Voice of a Microgeneration
How Jia Tolentino’s incisive, capacious essays became essential reading.
The Manson Girl Who Got Away
What drew "Juanita" to the cult? And why did she leave it, just before the Tate murders?
