George Packer is a staff writer for The New Yorker.
George Packer appears in the following:
Searching for answers about America's future in Phoenix, Arizona
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
George Packer on Phoenix, Arizona, as a test of America's ability to respond to the climate crisis, as well as the challenges to democracy..
Scary Stuff
Monday, September 17, 2018
Almost half a century later, the ghost of the scandal that launched Woodward’s career haunts the Trump White House.
Ten Years After
Monday, August 20, 2018
The financial crisis of 2008 was years in the making and has had a lasting impact on American political life.
Get Out and Vote
Monday, July 30, 2018
The midterm elections are the last obstacle to Trump’s consolidation of power—and the greatest obstacle to voting is the feeling that it doesn’t matter.
Going Rogue
Monday, June 18, 2018
In half a week, between Quebec and Singapore, Trump showed that the liberal order is hateful to him, and that he wants out.
Might and Right
Monday, April 16, 2018
The President and his new national-security adviser, John Bolton, are in an especially bad position to respond to the atrocities in Syria.
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster Tapped For National Security Adviser
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
General McMaster is a West Point graduate who earned a Silver Star for duty during the 1991 Gulf War, and is well regarded for his innovative military strategies.
Is America Fully Unwound?
Thursday, November 10, 2016
George Packer has been chronicling the "unwinding" of America for years. Here, he discusses how it all fell so fast, and his perspective on Tuesday's results.
Can Afghanistan's Intellectual President Save His Country?
Monday, July 18, 2016
How will President Ashraf Ghani's understanding of politics, culture and failed states affect the way he governs Afghanistan?
Unwinding The 2016 Election
Friday, March 04, 2016
George Packer, staff writer at The New Yorker, argues that inequality is to blame for our current political mess.
George Packer Discusses Islamophobia with Dr. Omer Salih Mahdi
Friday, January 01, 2016
Dr. Omer Salih Mahdi, who worked as a translator for writer George Packer in Iraq, is now a doctor at a hospital in Indiana, where Syrian refugees are being turned away.
George Packer on the Attacks in Paris
Friday, November 20, 2015
David Remnick talks with staff writer George Packer, who has covered the Iraq War and American politics, about the banlieues of Paris, which have been called “incubators” of terrorism.
From Ossi Scientist to Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel: The Most Powerful Woman In the World
Monday, December 08, 2014
Angela Merkel is one of the most powerful women in the world, and her rise to Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany is extraordinary, given her biography.
The Making of CitizenFour
Friday, October 17, 2014
Brooke speaks with New Yorker staff writer George Packer about profiling filmmaker Laura Poitras as she made the documentary CitizenFour, about Edward Snowden.
Confronting ISIS
Thursday, August 21, 2014
George Packer, staff writer for The New Yorker, talks about how the U.S. is responding to ISIS after the killing of photojournalist James Foley.
Surveillance State, Real and Imagined: Reading George Orwell's 1984
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
George Packer joins the next Leonard Lopate Show Book Club to talk about Orwell's dystopian novel about a surveillance state and look at why it still resonates today.
America's Reluctant Return to Iraq
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
In Iraq, a political crisis is underway as Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki continues to refuse to relinquish power. And the U.S. military is struggling to effectively deliver much need...
The Amazon Transformation
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Amazon has transformed the publishing industry and is poised to transform Hollywood, too. The New Yorker's George Packer explains how.
Roundtable: The March on Washington & The Future of the Civil Rights Movement
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Joining The Takeaway to discuss the future of the civil rights movement and what can be done to accomplish the objectives of the March on Washington, which took place 50 years ago to...
George Packer on The Unwinding of America
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
George Packer discusses the Seismic shifts in the United States that have created what he calls a country of winners and losers, allowing unprecedented freedom while rending the social contract, driving the political system to the verge of breakdown, and setting citizens adrift. In The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America Packer journeys through the lives of several Americans, interweaving intimate stories with biographical sketches of the era’s leading public figures, from Newt Gingrich to Jay-Z.
