Those born between WWII and 1990 were born in era when postwar liberal international order went largely unquestioned; that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Holdovers from the old era look kind of pathetic right now — Joe Biden, Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron. The dominant figures ...

George Packer in The New Yorker on the GOP's 1972 election in 2012 In 1972, Democrats reformed their system for choosing convention delegates; the new system of quotas for groups like youths, women, ...