Punishing the People We Claim to Protect
Gaby Del Valle reviews Kimberly Meyer’s “Accidental Sisters” and Susan J. Terrio’s “Forced Out.”
"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins
Gaby Del Valle reviews Kimberly Meyer’s “Accidental Sisters” and Susan J. Terrio’s “Forced Out.”
Gaby Del ValleJul 20
In the second essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Aubrey Clayton excavates the troubling correlation between the birth of statistical methods...
Aubrey ClaytonJul 18
Is school choice compatible with a national lesson plan? Johann N. Neem considers a radical new proposal from Ashley Rogers Berner.
Johann N. NeemJul 14
Saree Makdisi writes on the student protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Saree MakdisiJul 12
Pallavi Aiyar explores how the youth navigate the precarity of contemporary China in her review of two new books by Alec Ash and Yuan Yang.
Pallavi AiyarJul 10
LARB presents an excerpt from Saikat Majumdar’s “The Amateur: Self-Making and the Humanities in the Postcolony.”
Saikat MajumdarJul 9
Michael Rubenstein writes on the 50th anniversary of “Chinatown” and the beginning of the end of petromodernity.
Michael RubensteinJul 8
Laurie Levenson reviews Ronald Collins’s “Tragedy on Trial: The Story of the Infamous Emmett Till Murder Trial.”
Laurie L. LevensonJul 7
Matthew Longo reflects on the surreal experience of the DMZ, where borders create both division and unity.
Matthew LongoJul 2
Robert J. C. Young reviews Adam Shatz’s “The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon.”
Robert J. C. YoungJun 29
Andrew Koppelman critiques Jack Balkin’s ”Memory and Authority.”
Andrew KoppelmanJun 28
Carey Mott reviews Sean H. Vanatta’s “Plastic Capitalism: Banks, Credit Cards, and the End of Financial Control.”
Carey MottJun 21