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John Eastman announces a lawsuit against University of Colorado, which fired him from his professorship after he was indicted for his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection attempt at the Capitol.
Casey Michel
The New Far-Right Coalition That’s Out to Destroy American Democracy
“Money, Lies, and God” argues that the failed January 6 insurrection didn’t discourage those who want to dismantle the republic. If anything, it emboldened the anti-secularists, biblical literalists, deep-pocketed donors, and misogynists who now comprise the core of Trumpism—and next time, they may succeed.
April 17, 2025
March 31, 2025
Colin Dickey
W.G. Sebald and the Politics of Melancholy
The essay collection “Silent Catastrophes” explores how we might navigate the end of empire and the rise of authoritarianism.
March 19, 2025
Hannah Rosefield
Home Is Where the Unpaid Labor Is
A new history traces the development and influence of the global Wages for Housework movement from its founding to present day.
February 28, 2025
Jack McCordick
Alex Karp’s War for the West
In “The Technological Republic,” the Palantir CEO exhorts Silicon Valley to embrace techno-militarism in the service of furthering American global supremacy.
February 26, 2025
Joshua D. Rothman
The Missing Persons of Reconstruction
Enslaved families were regularly separated​. A new history chronicles the tenacious efforts of the emancipated to be reunited​ with their loved ones.
February 18, 2025
Michael A. Cohen
Francis Fukuyama Was Right About Liberal Democracy
For all of its faults and weaknesses, no serious competitor has emerged to capture people’s imagination or seriously challenge it.
February 14, 2025
Samuel Clowes Huneke
How Pop Came Out of the Closet
Jon Savage’s “The Secret Public” traces the influence of queer artists on a hostile culture.
February 11, 2025
Michael Friedrich
America’s Abandonment of the Poor
Five years since the pandemic began, the ravages it exposed persist.
February 5, 2025
Mychal Denzel Smith
Imani Perry’s Blue Notes
Her new book tells the story of Black people through an exploration of the color blue.
January 23, 2025
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Are Cell Phones Really Destroying Kids’ Mental Health?
Jonathan Haidt once heralded an “ultrasocial” world. Now he’s one of social media’s most prominent critics.
January 16, 2025
Greg Barnhisel
When America’s Top Spies Were Academics and Librarians
How scholars achieved some of the most consequential intelligence victories of the twentieth century
January 15, 2025
Melody Schreiber
America’s Coming Public Health Crisis
Efforts to stop the spread of infectious disease have always suffered from a cycle of panic and neglect. Vaccine skepticism in the new administration brings even greater challenges.
January 10, 2025
Paul M. Renfro
The 2000s and the End of American Optimism
The new millennium promised a more peaceful, more stable, and more prosperous world. What happened?
January 8, 2025
Linda Hall
Elizabeth Strout’s Plunge Into Sentimentality
If Strout was once a master at portraying quiet lives in a big way, she now relies on easy plays for emotional connection and tidy resolution.
December 11, 2024
Andre Pagliarini
Amid Devastation in the Amazon, Diamonds Were Their Best Hope
The Cinta Larga people were sitting on a wealth of diamonds. They didn’t turn to mining until they saw devastation all around them.
December 11, 2024
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The New Republic’s Books of the Year
A far from exhaustive guide to the books that our critics most admired in 2024
November 14, 2024
Cora Currier
Beyond the Motherhood Memoir
Ayşegül Savaş’s “The Wilderness” is part of a slew of little books on new motherhood and art—and their tensions.
November 12, 2024
Scott Bradfield
The Woman Who Defined the Great Depression
John Steinbeck based “The Grapes of Wrath” on Sanora Babb’s notes. But she was writing her own American epic.
November 7, 2024
Camille Bromley
The Man Who Invented the “Psychopath”
Hervey Cleckley wanted to treat the most overlooked psychiatric patients. Instead his work was used to demonize them.
November 6, 2024
Casey Michel
Where the Rich Can Buy Secrecy, Evade Laws, and Claim a Slice of Space
From Switzerland to Qatar to Kazakhstan, the countries clamoring to entice the ultrawealthy with a suite of new privileges.

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