Mass Psychology in the Age of Trump

Why is Trump driving liberals berserk? Is it him or us—or both?

Company Men

The 200-year legal struggle that led to Citizens United and gave corporations the rights of people.

Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Fifty Years After His Death

This anniversary of his assassination falls amid the largest anti-gun-violence mobilization that we have seen since he departed.

The Whitewashing — and Resurrection — of Dr. King’s Legacy

In so many ways, King’s life has been reduced to the lead character in a fable the nation tells itself about “the movement,” which begins with Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and culminates with the 1963 March on Washington or in Selma in 1965.

Where Have All the Rioters Gone?

by Matthew Desmond

Good jobs in black communities have disappeared, evictions are the norm, and extreme poverty is rising. Cities should be exploding—but they aren’t.

Statesman, strongman, philosopher, autocrat: China’s Xi is a man who contains multitudes

He's used his power to crush civil society, but it is not completely fitting to compare him to Putin or Mao.

Lyndon Johnson left office as a deeply unpopular president

So why is he so admired today?

The shame of antisemitism on the left has a long, malign history

The origins of today’s crisis in Labour date back to the 19th century, and ever since Jews have been seen as a problem by a strain of socialist thought.

The May 1948 Vote that Made the State of Israel

A long-accepted wisdom has it that just days before the state’s birth, its founders settled two burning issues in a pair of closely decided votes. The wisdom is half-wrong.

The Nazi History Behind ‘Asperger’

Dr. Hans Asperger is credited with shaping our ideas of autism and Asperger syndrome, diagnoses given to people believed to have limited social skills and narrow interests.