Nobody Wanted to Take Us In: The Story of Jared Kushner’s Family, and Mine Nobody Wanted to Take Us In: The Story of Jared Kushner’s Family, and Mine
As Trump bars refugees and Muslim immigrants from coming to this country, it’s worth remembering the Jews who were shut out the last time we closed our borders—like Jared Kush...
Jan 26, 2017 / Feature / Lizzy Ratner
Donald Trump’s Strategy? Destroy the International Community in Order to Save It. Donald Trump’s Strategy? Destroy the International Community in Order to Save It.
The new president has a wrecking ball, and “internationalism” is written all over it.
Jan 24, 2017 / John Feffer
In the Wings of Reality In the Wings of Reality
Claude Arnaud’s biography of Jean Cocteau shows how the artist lived a life nourished by infinity.
Jan 23, 2017 / Ricky D’Ambrose
Ethel Rosenberg’s Sons Still Seek Justice for Their Mother Ethel Rosenberg’s Sons Still Seek Justice for Their Mother
“We are giving the United States government the chance…to acknowledge the terrible wrong it did to her and to us.”
Jan 19, 2017 / Miriam Schneir
President Trump: So We’re Really Doing This President Trump: So We’re Really Doing This
Wowee.
Jan 19, 2017 / Matt Bors
Silver Spoon Ode Silver Spoon Ode
I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, and a silver knife, and a silver fork. I would complain about it—the spoon was not greasy, it tasted like braces, my shining access to c…
Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sharon Olds
Letting My Hair Down Letting My Hair Down
And then my wry neck got so wry— chicken-neck wring-wry—I had to spend time with my hair down, like roots into the ground of the air, my visible shock, my “terror,” my “horror.” Ho…
Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sharon Olds
Puzzle No. 3420 Puzzle No. 3420
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 First I refuse, then authorize recess (4) 3 Sites for burning logfi? (10) 10 Changed teal blend to another color (…
Jan 19, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Plenty’s Discontent Plenty’s Discontent
The lost sense of hope and idealism in David Hare’s England.
Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Kerry James Marshall’s Enigmatic Authority Kerry James Marshall’s Enigmatic Authority
It seems a mistake to call him a realist in any but the loosest sense.
Jan 18, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky