What Adorno Can Still Teach Us What Adorno Can Still Teach Us

A conversation with Peter Gordon about the enduring influence of the Frankfurt School’s leader, the future of critical theory, and his recent book, A Precarious Happiness.

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TikTok’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in Court TikTok’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in Court

Most of the justices seemed unpersuaded by TikTok’s arguments against the ban on the company—but that doesn’t meant TikTok is gone forever (cue Donald Trump…)

Elie Mystal

How John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Imagine” Became the Refrain of Jimmy Carter’s Funeral How John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Imagine” Became the Refrain of Jimmy Carter’s Funeral

The late president celebrated the impact and influence of the song, which decries war, nationalism, and the excesses of capitalism.

John Nichols

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Politics

President William McKinley and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.

Donald Trump Is Building a Bridge to 1896 Donald Trump Is Building a Bridge to 1896

The president-elect promises to rule with robber baron tactics and imperial belligerence—just like his role model, William McKinley.

Chris Lehmann

US Steel's Coke Works facility in Clairton, Pennsylvania, on September 9, 2024.

Biden Was Right to Block the US Steel Takeover Biden Was Right to Block the US Steel Takeover

Even if losing domestic sources of primary steel does not seem like a national security threat today, it might tomorrow.

Todd N. Tucker

Jimmy Carter meets with cabinet members to discuss energy and inflation policy in 1979.

Jimmy Carter’s Ruinous Neoliberal Legacy Jimmy Carter’s Ruinous Neoliberal Legacy

The Democratic president led an ambitious agenda to replace New Deal guarantees of security and fairness with bogus models of “perfect competition.” 

Jonathan Schlefer

Books & the Arts

Theodor Adorno giving a lecture at the Goethe-Institut in Rome, 1969.

What Adorno Can Still Teach Us What Adorno Can Still Teach Us

A conversation with Peter Gordon about the enduring influence of the Frankfurt School’s leader, the future of critical theory, and his recent book, A Precarious Happiness.

Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

What Do We Want From Bob Dylan’s Story?

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In James Mangold’s film A Complete Unknown, we get a cautious and reverent story of a musician who has always sought to transcend the limits imposed upon him.

Books & the Arts / Sam Adler-Bell

A postcard depicting Vienna in the future, 1905.

Adam Ehrlich Sachs’s Exhibitions of Absurdity Adam Ehrlich Sachs’s Exhibitions of Absurdity

In Gretel and the Great War, an antic epistolary novel set in early 20th-century Austria, the writer tries to make sense of a society gone mad.

Books & the Arts / Walker Rutter-Bowman

World

Let’s call the whole thing off: Justin Trudeau shaking hands with Donald Trump at a NATO summit in London to mark the alliance's 70th anniversary in December 2019.

Justin Trudeau’s Fecklessness Made Him an Easy Target for MAGA Manifest Destiny Justin Trudeau’s Fecklessness Made Him an Easy Target for MAGA Manifest Destiny

The United States probably won’t annex Canada. But Trump’s imperial dreams are already destabilizing the world.

Jeet Heer

Members of the Syrian community hold flags of Syria and Germany as they rally on December 8, 2024, in Berlin.

The Syrian Diaspora in Germany After Assad The Syrian Diaspora in Germany After Assad

Some refugees may return to Syria because they want to live there again. But many won’t—for the same reasons many refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe didn’t after World War II.

Linda Mannheim

Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad regime and the New Year’s Eve in the capital, Damascus, on December 31, 2024.

Damascus Diary: A New Year in a New Syria Damascus Diary: A New Year in a New Syria

Syrians begin to learn to live without Assad.

Nicolas Niarchos

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A Guide to Some of the Key Movers and Influencers in Trump's Orbit

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While showboats like Elon Musk and RFK Jr. get all the attention, the real power in a second Trump term is likely to be wielded by quietly effective bureaucrats and policy intelle…

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Without a doubt, 2025 is going to be tough—but these visionaries give us hope in this uncertain time.

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How America Invented the Red State

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According to conventional wisdom, the last quarter century of elections has proved that most of the country leans conservative. It all started with a map.

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