Author: Andrew Schwartz

Columns

Oil Springs Eternal

Andrew Schwartz

September 23, 2020

A brief history of ExxonMobil’s climate change denial.

Memoirs from Beyond the Grave

Lorna Scott Fox

September 14, 2020

Two new translations of a Brazilian Classic.

Landscapes of Memory

Saleem Haddad

September 09, 2020

Two Palestinian novels confront the ghosts of the Nakba.

Performing Democracy

Ratik Asokan

August 27, 2020

A conversation with David Levi Strauss about political conventions.

The Discreet Charm of White-Collar Jihad

Joseph Allchin

August 25, 2020

On the internet habits, social anxieties, and class biases of Al Qaeda recruits.

All at Sea

Harris Feinsod

August 24, 2020

Surveying the watery expanses of the world economy.

Razors, Razors, Razors

Gavin Jacobson

August 11, 2020

How the United States abetted mass murder to save the world from communism.

The Hidden Faces of Apartheid

Bongani Kona

August 04, 2020

Uncovering the secret crimes of the apartheid security police.

Shoot First, Ask Questions Later

Dalia Hatuqa

July 30, 2020

Palestinians know not to expect justice from Israeli police.

Brute Forces

The Baffler

July 30, 2020

Dispatches on police violence from around the world.

Crossed Wires

Sanket Jain

July 27, 2020

Government e-learning programs lay bare India's digital divide.

Near and Present Anarchy

Susan Zakin

July 21, 2020

Trump’s ascension to the presidency feels like a lifetime ago. In 2016, I remember flicking around the internet, trying to make sense of how a man dismissed by New Yorkers as a buffoon had become mini-mogul of the world’s most powerful country. Reading the desperate-sounding ...