Rupert Sparling reviews Timothy Snyder's latest book, On Freedom. How does Snyder conceptualize freedom, and is his framework useful for understanding our contemporary lives and societies? Sparling evaluates Snyder's take on the concept. 

James Reichert examines twentieth-century Japanese period fiction as a lens to understand contemporary U.S. constructions of the past, political and cultural phenomena, and the rise of the "Make America Great Again" movement.