Politics and Prose with Maureen Dowd: A Discussion on Culture & Politics with Liberties Journal
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Russian authorities just arrested an entire conference hall full of people. I was one of them. (Vladimir Kara-Murza, Vol1No3)
“As the forum was getting underway, several dozen police officers marched into the conference room. The commanding officer seized the floor… and announced that our meeting was ‘illegal’ and that all its participants were being taken into police custody. The initial burst of laughter from the audience quickly changed to chants of “shame” and “fascists”…
Mexico’s President May Be Just Months Away From Gaining Total Control (Enrique Krauze, Vol1No3)
“The year 2022 will mark 200 years of official relations between Mexico and the United States. But before we’re able to celebrate this milestone, we must first work to safeguard freedom, democracy and the rule of law in Mexico under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s illiberal rule.”
Beyond Black History Month (Thomas Chatterton Williams, Vol1No1)
“American society is more willing than ever before to speak out against racism and to embrace Black history, but we continue to make the fatal mistake of taking the concept of race itself for granted.”
I called up my would-be killer. He didn’t want to talk. (Vladimir Kara-Murza; Vol1No3)
“[F]or a few seconds, I listened to the voice of the man whose job, it appears, is to physically eliminate people like myself, opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin.” This month, after an investigation conducted by Bellingcat, the Insider, and Der Spiegel identified the operatives likely responsible for attempting to poison him, Vladimir Kara-Murza called…
Agent non provocateur How Žižek was tamed by Covid-19 (Becca Rothfeld; Vol1No3)
For the TLS, Becca Rothfeld reviews Slavoj Zizek’s monograph Pandemic!.
LibertiesTalk Ep3: Podcast of Liberties a Journal of Culture and Politics
Shawn McCreesh talks with Celeste Marcus about what it was like to grow up in a suburb of Philadelphia ravaged by the opioid crisis.
LibertiesTalk Ep2: Podcast of Liberties a Journal of Culture and Politics
Michael Ignatieff, rector of Central European University, chats with Celeste Marcus about what it was like to watch America desecrate its own sacred institutions from Europe, and what that desecration represents for the United States and the world.
‘Drug Use for Grown-Ups’ Review: A Dose of Dissent (Sally Satel; Vol1No1)
For the Wall Street Journal, Sally Satel reviews Carl Hart’s controversial new book about drug use
LibertiesTalk Ep 1: Podcast of Liberties A Journal of Culture and Politics
Episode one of LibertiesTalk in which Celeste Marcus and Leon Wieseltier discuss where we are.
Liberties Editor Leon Wieseltier Featured in Le Monde
What’s the current state of freedom of expression? What was the damage of recent of US politics? What’s next? Le Monde asks Leon Wieseltier for his view points.
Peggy Noonan and Leon Wieseltier with Femsplainers’ Danielle Crittenden
Danielle Crittenden, Peggy Noonan and Liberties’ Leon Wieseltier celebrate a passion for politics and for understanding.
Liberties Publisher Bill Reichblum on Monocle’s The Stack
A podcast interview with Bill Reichblum on the countercultural approach of Liberties Journal.
The Glenn Show Videocasts with Leon Wieseltier
Glenn Loury sits down with Liberties Editor Leon Wieseltier and lets the sparks of inspiration and insight fly.
Il Folgio with Liberties Editor Leon Wieseltier
Where’s the love in politics? Il Foglio interviews Leon Wieseltier.
The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Malick (David Thomson; Vol1No1)
Film critic David Thomson argues that A Hidden Life ranks among Terence Malick’s masterpieces.
What’s New in Publishing with Liberties Publisher Bill Reichblum
In our age of digital overloads and immediate media, Liberties turns to a tried and true technology.
Liberties Editor Leon Wieseltier on Meghan Daum’s The Unspeakable Podcast
Can Old-School Intellectualism Make a Comeback In A New Era?
Liberties Journal: Contributors and Themes Unveiled for Inaugural Issue
New Quarterly Journal on Culture and Politics Features Original Works from Leading Independent Thinkers and Writers
Liberties Journal: Contributors and Themes Unveiled for Inaugural Issue
New Quarterly Journal on Culture and Politics Features Original Works from Leading Independent Thinkers and Writers.
Philly’s Exponent with Liberties Managing Editor Celeste Marcus
Home town pride and finding the next gen of writers. The Jewish Exponent interviews Celeste Marcus.
Taking—and Making—Liberties
Three years after #MeToo allegations sank his Laurene Powell Jobs–funded magazine, Leon Wieseltier wants back in.
Liberties Journal Foundation Debuts to Advance Independent Thinking at the Intersection of Culture and Politics
New Non-Partisan, Not-For-Profit Features Highly Established with Emerging Writers in Quarterly Journal on Culture and Politics
Liberties Journal Foundation Debuts to Advance Independent Thinking at the Intersection of Culture and Politics
New Non-Partisan, Not-For-Profit Features Highly Established with Emerging Writers in Quarterly Journal on Culture and Politics
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate
Michael Ignatieff, Laura Kipnis, Mark Lilla, Helen Vendler, Sean Wilentz, Thomas Chatterton Williams join others in Harper’s Magazine.
Monuments to a Complicated Past
Sean Wilentz in the Wall Street Journal.
We Need to Stop Measuring Black Lives by Their Whiteness
Thomas Chatterton Williams in the New York Times.