War by Other Means
Subverting governments with lies is nothing new
By James Gibney Monday, March 2, 2020
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare by Thomas Rid
Image Was Everything
A new biography of the seminal pop artist of the 20th century
By Meryle Secrest Monday, March 2, 2020
Warhol by Blake Gopnik
Not Quite Forgotten
The unheralded success ofa fine American novelist
By Steven G. Kellman Monday, March 2, 2020
Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stone by Madison Smartt Bell
Making Their Voices Heard
The story behind passage of the 19th Amendment
By Nancy Isenberg Monday, March 2, 2020
Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote by Ellen Carol DuBois
Poet of the Newsroom
A journalist with the unteachable gift of making you read on
By Henry Allen Monday, March 2, 2020
Final Draft: The Collected Work of David Carr edited by Jill Rooney Carr
Heaven and the Heretic
A brilliant scientist whose life is a cautionary tale
By Sam Kean Monday, March 2, 2020
Galileo and the Science Deniers by Mario Livio
Glamour and Violence
A group portrait of the brutal Belle Époque
By Anka Muhlstein Monday, March 2, 2020
The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes
Searching for Amos Oz in Jerusalem
The acclaimed novelist, who died in 2018, translated Israeli reality
By Randy Rosenthal Monday, March 2, 2020
No Ghost in the Machine
Artificial intelligence isn’t as intelligent as you think
By Mark Halpern Monday, March 2, 2020
The Uncertainty Principle
In an age of profound disagreements, mathematics shows us how to pursue truth together
By Cristopher Moore and John Kaag Monday, March 2, 2020
For Richer, For Poorer
A Jewish immigrant married a Gilded Age scion. They worked together for social justice until they didn’t.
By Adam Hochschild Monday, March 2, 2020
Peggy’s War
A pioneering American journalist traveled the world while fighting her own battles at home
By Pamela D. Toler Monday, March 2, 2020
If You Frame It Like That
So much depends on the way a work is formatted
By Lincoln Perry Monday, March 2, 2020
The Barents Sea: Land of Perpetual Night
As we traveled northward, the twilight diminished, the sky grew darker, until finally our ship crossed into polar night
By Neil Shea Monday, March 2, 2020
We’ve Got a Fight on Our Hands
Why petty conflicts are so important
By Jill Leovy Monday, March 2, 2020
