Article Gun Crazy Why is a proposed amendment to enshrine gun control considered crazier than a status quo of constant mass shootings? By Dominic Preziosi July 21, 2023 Gun Control Domestic Affairs
Article Graham Greene’s Soul In his excellent book, Michael Mewshaw accomplishes something remarkable: finding something new to say about Graham Greene. By Jason Berry July 19, 2023 Fiction Culture Books
Article Heat Check “Making sure every American has access to air-conditioning is essential. Doing so without burning yet more fossil fuels is equally essential.” By Miles Doyle July 19, 2023 Environment Climate Change Politics
Article Poem | Reach Out Your Hands "Reach out your hands to us. / Pulled apart too soon from our mother’s clasp / We range in darkness" By Wally Swist July 18, 2023 Poetry
Article Two Poems by April Bernard "Sing me a song I never heard before, / tell me something to me make me laugh / and rest content—a state unknown." By April Bernard July 18, 2023 Poetry
Article Poem | Fish "Wavelets / rasping rocks, / replying as glass to glass / glass through glass" By Brian Swann July 18, 2023 Poetry
Article Poem | The Second Perilous Mystery "The voice of a desert bird / Was a cry in the wilderness, to the wilderness, / Striking the rocks and cliffs, / Which, hearing nothing, send it back to the sky." By Lawrence Dugan July 18, 2023 Poetry
Article Books in Brief This month, the editors are reading film history, journalism about surveillance, and novels. By The Editors July 18, 2023 Books in Brief Fiction Nonfiction
Article Silvio Berlusconi’s Legacy The Berlusconi show is over, but Berlusconi’s political legacy will last. By Massimo Faggioli July 17, 2023 Foreign Affairs Italy Politics
Article The Court Protects Privilege Aggressive legislation is needed to turn education into the public good it should be, instead of the hoarded commodity it now is. By The Editors July 17, 2023 Editorial Education Higher Education Politics
Article Letters | Higher education, nuns and abuse, Baptism, AI Readers discuss the state of American higher education, the role for nonviolence in Ukraine, and the meaning of charity. By The Editors July 16, 2023 Letters
God’s Editor On this episode, Stephen Prothero explains book editor Eugene Exman’s behind-the-scenes approach to transforming twentieth-century American religion. Spirituality U.S. Catholicism
Article The Sheer Will to Grind Siobhan Phillips’s debut novel posits learning, and the desire that drives it, as the very bedrock of character. By Anthony Domestico July 12, 2023 Fiction Culture Books
Article Holding His Pose A prize-winning novel by the Italian writer rumored to be Elena Ferrante challenges the myth of the singular, self-made artist. By Marcus Hijkoop July 12, 2023 Books Fiction Culture
Article How the Right Rationalizes Inequality The Right has only survived and thrived by offering a vision of the future. Understanding the Right’s power requires understanding its rhetoric. By Matt McManus July 10, 2023 Politics Philosophy Culture