Cabinet of Curiosities

by Matthew Sherrill, on January 20, 2017

A numerical investigation of Donald Trump's appointees

Inside the February Issue

by James Marcus, on January 18, 2017

May Jeong on the peace process in Afghanistan, Anthony Heilbut on black America’s civil war over gay rights, Alice Gregory on the world of miniatures, a story by John Edgar Wideman, a resister’s guide to Trump, and more

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by Lincoln Agnew,

Mourning in America

by James Marcus,

A political orator wittily compared our party promises to western roads, which opened stately enough, with planted trees on either side, to tempt the traveller, but soon became narrow and…

The Monument Wars

by Rebecca Solnit,

For years, whenever I was in New Orleans, I used to run past an equestrian statue just outside the voluptuously green City Park. Though it is situated at a major…

Light on the Horizon

by Antonia Juhasz, on December 29, 2016

Lessons from the BP oil disaster

Inside the January Issue

by James Marcus, on December 15, 2016

James Marcus on Donald Trump, Austin Smith on the Green Bay Packers, Richard Manning on the water crisis in Flint, Jeremy Miller on the war on wolves, Jennifer Szalai on Zadie Smith, a story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, and more

Trump and Consequences

by John R. MacArthur, on December 9, 2016

"In a certain way, the Democrats lost to Trump not through stupidity but through cupidity."

A Fate Worse Than Bush

by Kevin Baker, on November 25, 2016

Rudolph Giuliani and the politics of personality

Le Trump

by Elisabeth Zerofsky, on November 18, 2016

Marine Le Pen in the age of Trump

Inside the December Issue

by James Marcus, on November 17, 2016

Andrew Cockburn on the New Red Scare, Kiera Feldman on the right to choose in Rapid City, Fred Bahnson on feral faith in the age of climate change, and more

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