The Beautiful, Baffling Mysteries of Paolo Sorrentino’s Vatican The Beautiful, Baffling Mysteries of Paolo Sorrentino’s Vatican
His television series, The Young Pope and The New Pope, tell us a story bigger than one focused on just church or state.
Mar 23, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
Since Emancipation, the United States Has Refused to Make Reparations for Slavery Since Emancipation, the United States Has Refused to Make Reparations for Slavery
But in 1862, the federal government doled out the 2020 equivalent of $23 million—not to the formerly enslaved but to their white enslavers.
Mar 23, 2020 / Feature / Kali Holloway
A Tale of Two Plagues A Tale of Two Plagues
Tips on self-isolation from Daniel Defoe and Giovanni Boccaccio
Mar 20, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Covid-19: A Best Case Scenario Covid-19: A Best Case Scenario
Now is the time to imagine a better world.
Mar 20, 2020 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Puzzle No. 3528 Puzzle No. 3528
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Reverse damage involving single candelabra (7) 5 Wine and mead curdled nest egg (7) 9 Like Johnson, engage in bea…
Mar 19, 2020 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
No Cross Words No Cross Words
Our cryptic maestros say a fond farewell.
Mar 19, 2020 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Dictionary Hasn’t Caught Up With the Climate Crisis The Dictionary Hasn’t Caught Up With the Climate Crisis
Philosopher Glenn Albrecht is creating a whole new lexicon to match our mutating relationship with nature.
Mar 19, 2020 / Ben Goldfarb
Social Distancing Can’t Stop Solidarity Social Distancing Can’t Stop Solidarity
We can pull through only if we all work together.
Mar 18, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan
Kelly Reichardt’s Anti-Capitalist Vision of Frontier America Kelly Reichardt’s Anti-Capitalist Vision of Frontier America
Her latest film, First Cow, challenges the myths of Americana by telling the stories of peripheral, ordinary figures.
Mar 18, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Phoebe Chen
Immigrant Song Immigrant Song
Bitter Mother Blue, dead, rush of mothers, conceal your island, little star. Trains, hands, note on a thread, Poland’s dish of salt. They said, The orphanlands of America promise y…
Mar 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Dana Levin