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July 13, 2022
Ian Beacock
Yascha Mounk’s Misguided War on Wokeness
“The Great Experiment” flatters liberal readers that by expressing their distaste for cancel culture, they have become diverse democracy’s most gallant defenders.
July 6, 2022
Noah Kulwin
Robert McNamara’s Son Reckons With a Legacy of Destruction
Craig McNamara’s family did not talk about the Vietnam war. He spent his life asking questions about it.
June 30, 2022
Audra J. Wolfe
Is Nuclear Power Just Too Dangerous?
A survey of the world’s worst nuclear disasters highlights the catastrophic consequences of technical hubris.
June 28, 2022
Jennifer Wilson
How to Lose a Guy in the Gilded Age
Uncovering the resort where rich women sought the elusive right to divorce
June 27, 2022
Phillip Maciak
Notes Toward a Theory of the Dad
Keith Gessen’s memoir, “Raising Raffi,” embraces the embarrassment and vulnerability of fatherhood.
June 22, 2022
Jess Bergman
Ottessa Moshfegh’s
Lapvona
Is a Relentless Gore Fest
Moshfegh’s fourth novel gets unusually creative with excrement and brutality. To what end?
June 8, 2022
Samuel Clowes Huneke
The Slow Advance of LGBTQ Rights in Washington, D.C.
James Kirchick’s “Secret City” focuses not on the public work of activists, but on the presence of gay men and lesbians within government—many of them conservatives.
May 31, 2022
Scott W. Stern
DDT Is Still With Us, 50 Years Since It Was Banned
Scientists have found toxic levels of the chemical at large. And some groups are making the case to produce even more.
May 27, 2022
Anna Altman
The German Fortunes Built on Nazi Plunder
Germany has never fully reckoned with the Nazi connections of some of its wealthiest families.
May 23, 2022
Sophie Haigney
Elif Batuman’s Experiment With Eventfulness
How much has to happen in a novel?
May 20, 2022
Priya Satia
Would These Undelivered Speeches Really Have Changed History?
At a time of upheaval, we want to believe that better leaders have the power to change the course of history. But counterfactuals are never simple.
May 17, 2022
Andre Pagliarini
How Ian Bremmer Cultivates an Air of Expertise
His book on global crisis is less interested in plausible solutions than projecting a sheen of authority.
May 5, 2022
Rafia Zakaria
Pankaj Mishra Counts the Costs of Success
The three self-made men in his new novel, “Run and Hide,” struggle for authenticity in a world of new money.
May 3, 2022
Michael Friedrich
The Unraveling of SST Records
Jim Ruland’s book on the legendary punk label helps explain why we lack a meaningful counterculture today.
April 28, 2022
Melody Schreiber
Work Isn’t the Enemy of Good Parenting
Lara Bazelon’s book argues that children benefit from seeing their mothers pursue careers.
April 26, 2022
Ben Sandman
We Need to Talk About Rural Gentrification
While city dwellers find “deals” on real estate in the country, locals are priced out.
April 22, 2022
David Klion
Navalny
Is an Elegy for Russia’s Lost Future
Daniel Roher’s documentary on Alexei Navalny captures the spirit of opposition to Putin within Russia and the fate of its most prominent figure.
April 21, 2022
Andrew Lanham
The Making of the Surveillance State
The public widely opposed wiretapping until the 1970s. What changed?
April 15, 2022
Eric Herschthal
A Reckoning With How Slavery Ended
Kris Manjapra’s new book, “Black Ghost of Empire,” examines the ways white slaveholders were compensated, while formerly enslaved people were not.
April 6, 2022
Rhoda Feng
The Invention of “Accidents”
Thousands of Americans die preventable deaths each year. Why do we consider them mishaps?
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