Jennifer Szalai

Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist and former Columbia graduate student, offers an account of his ordeal and explains why his work continues.

In “True North,” the veteran travel writer Paul Theroux crisscrosses the country of his forebears for insights about how it differs from his own.

In a new book, Susan Neiman argues that by defining evil in terms of individual monstrousness we fail to perceive its widespread hold on our culture.

A new book of essays by the celebrated classicist captures her excitement for her subject matter and the surprising range of her references.

“American Scoundrel” traces the career of Roy Cohn, whose smash-mouth politics continue to shape our own.

Francis Fukuyama’s famous take on the post-Cold War world was widely misunderstood. In a new memoir, he tries to set the record straight.

In a new book, Jill Lepore examines what happens when we abandon liberal democracy for rule by automation and machines.

An ungainly new biography by the German philosopher Thomas Meyer purports to situate Arendt in the context of her own era.

In a new book, the historian Kim Phillips-Fein chronicles a “shadow tradition” of anti-egalitarians who fought against America’s founding ideals.

A new book by the journalist Lauren Collins chronicles the ongoing effects of the violent takeover of Wilmington, N.C., on those living in its aftermath.