Articles
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Today 5:00 am
Black Trauma Is Not a Lesson
After a teacher made me watch the video of the killing of Tamir Rice, I realized I had to raise my voice against injustice.
Kayla Ruano-Lumpris
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Today 5:00 am
The Political Lessons of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis”
The 1927 film raises the question, “Who will mediate between our head and our hands?”
David Bromwich
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Today 5:00 am
The Mixtapes of Hua Hsu
>In his new memoir, Stay True, the New Yorker critic offers a coming-of-age story that doubles as a tale about friendship, music, and the politics of knowing oneself.
Summer Kim Lee
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Today 5:00 am
Olga Tokarczuk’s Panoramic Novel of Jewish Poland
A work defined by its narrative elasticity, The Books of Jacob tells the story of a false messiah not through his eyes but through the vibrant and now lost world around him.
Ilan Stavans
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Today 5:00 am
Is the Idea of Masculinity Worth Saving?
Laura Kipnis writes that masculinity is an emblem of mobility while Phil Christman argues that notions of manliness are better left to the side.
Laura Kipnis and Phil Christman
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Today 5:00 am
I.B. Singer’s Language of Everyday Life
By choosing to write in Yiddish rather than Hebrew, the young Singer declared his allegiance to the here and now rather than a biblical past or a Zionist future.
Adam Kirsch
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Today 5:00 am
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Yesterday 1:23 pm
Lula Wins the First Round, but “Bolsonarismo” Is Here to Stay
In Brazil, support for Jair Bolsonaro, and the far right in general, proved significantly stronger than polling indicated.
Benjamin Fogel
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Yesterday 12:30 pm
This Supreme Court Will Decide the Fate of the Voting Rights Act
A case before the Supreme Court directly challenges a key provision of the VRA that protects people of color from discrimination.
Jeanine Abrams McLean
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Yesterday 11:58 am
Capitol Flight: How Dems Dropped the Stock Ban
Congressional leaders turn their backs on a popular issue that helped Democrats win a Senate majority in 2020.
Max Moran