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Volodymyr Zelensky’s Greatest Performance

His Mother Spoke Truth to Power, Until She Was Killed for It

‘Germany 1923’: When Democracy Held Nazism at Bay

Books About Elites That Elites Will Probably Enjoy

Can You Get Out of Poverty Without Having to Beg?

What Does Real Political Change Require? Discomfort, for Starters.

John Train, Paris Review Co-Founder and Cold War Operative, Dies at 94

Side by Side With (Bernie) Sanders

How a Nostalgic Novel About Spain’s Heartland Joined the Political Fray

Why Is ‘Beloved’ in the News?

Joe Klein Explains How the History of Four Centuries Ago Still Shapes American Culture and Politics

Two Authors View America From Above and Below, and Are Not Happy With What They See

Wole Soyinka Is Not Going Anywhere

Thomas Mann on the Artist vs. the State

Can American Democracy Survive Another Pandemic?

The Phony War on Drugs

Joy, Flexibility and Bravery Land on the Best-Seller List

‘A Publisher’s Worst Nightmare’: How Cuomo’s Book Became a Cautionary Tale

Who’s a Liberal?

‘A Storm Waiting to Happen’: A Colombian Writer Watches His Home From Afar