Staff Writer at The Atlantic George Packer writes that the "trappings" of democracy "remain, but authoritarianism and AI are hollowing out our humanity" amid the second Trump administration. Packer ...

My girlfriend and I were already five minutes late to a National Writers Series’ symposium when we tiptoed across an ice-coated parking lot behind the City Opera House. We sneaked through Brew to the ...

Young Republicans' racist, homophobic and anti-semitic leaked text messages — are not surprising — but as a writer warns, "the texts degrade all of us," and signal a "larger atrocity" behind the MAGA ...

On Monday, March 17th, Traverse City’s National Writers Series hosts George Packer. Packer won the 2013 National Book Award for his book The Unwinding. Benjamin Busch, the award-winning author of the ...

George Packer in The New Yorker on understanding Robert Bales The many facts of accused Staff Sergeant Robert Bales's history, troubles, and deployments should not matter to those of us who wonder ...

Then we speak with Ryan Cooper, Managing Editor at The American Prospect. He is the Cohost of the Left Anchor podcast as well as the author of the new book How are You Going to Pay for That? Smart ...