House Hunters House Hunters
Under the spindlework arch of the wraparound porch, no one ever thinks they’ll expose the original hardwood for its kindling. But no one ever likes the wall-to-wall carpets, the di…
Aug 25, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Janine Joseph
How Federal Housing Programs Failed Black America How Federal Housing Programs Failed Black America
In Race for Profit, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor shows how even those housing policies that sought to create more Black homeowners were stymied by racism and a determination to shr...
Aug 25, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Marcia Chatelain
The Problem With NYC’s New Women’s Rights Monument The Problem With NYC’s New Women’s Rights Monument
As statues topple across the US, a new women’s rights monument in Central Park has sparked debate over whether statues are a redeemable form of remembrance.
Aug 25, 2020 / Erin L. Thompson
Eric Posner’s Democracy for the Few Eric Posner’s Democracy for the Few
A conservative gadfly joins “the Resistance.”
Aug 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Canceling Margaret Sanger Only Helps Abortion Opponents Canceling Margaret Sanger Only Helps Abortion Opponents
When Planned Parenthood took the name of the organization’s founder off its flagship clinic in Manhattan, they bought into anti-choice propaganda.
Aug 20, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Radical Afterlives of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha The Radical Afterlives of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
The South Korean–born author of Dictée was killed at 31. Four decades later, her landmark experimental novel is poised for wider rediscovery.
Aug 20, 2020 / Mayukh Sen
What Populism Is and Is Not What Populism Is and Is Not
Thomas Frank’s history of anti-populism helps clarify one of the most contested terms in politics.
Aug 19, 2020 / Ed Burmila
Trump’s Post Office Sabotage Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg Trump’s Post Office Sabotage Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg
Here's what the president’s been up to, in between retweeting conspiracies.
Aug 18, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
The Two Maria Schneiders The Two Maria Schneiders
The auteurist and activist impulses of her expansive jazz comes together on Data Lords.
Aug 17, 2020 / David Hajdu
Neil Young’s Journey Through the Past Neil Young’s Journey Through the Past
As he prepares to vote in his first American election, the eccentric singer-songwriter’s Archives project unearths his own lost history.
Aug 14, 2020 / John Semley