Letters From the July 18-25, 2016, Issue Letters From the July 18-25, 2016, Issue
London calling… Sign of the times?… Connecting the dots… Left to her own devices?… Live long and… prosper?… GOP Humpty Dumpty…
Jun 30, 2016 / Our Readers
Instagram and the Fantasy of Mastery Instagram and the Fantasy of Mastery
A “look” is a kind of instant style: quickly executed and dispatched, immediately understood and overcharged with incident. It is time for a new view.
Jun 29, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ricky D’Ambrose
Letter From the Palestine Festival of Literature Letter From the Palestine Festival of Literature
I had gone to Palestine expecting to see occupation and degradation, but I had not expected to witness my own privilege so starkly.
Jun 28, 2016 / Column / Laila Lalami
12 Months of Trump 12 Months of Trump
Up next: more totally normal behavior
Jun 28, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
The Big Friendly Director The Big Friendly Director
Steven Spielberg, who has never shown much interest in human-scaled cinema, makes his self-portrait three stories tall in The BFG.
Jun 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Seeing Appalachia Through the Eyes of Appalachians Seeing Appalachia Through the Eyes of Appalachians
Several new media projects are re-envisioning a region long stereotyped as backward and ignorant.
Jun 25, 2016 / Photo Essay / Layne Amerikaner
The Depressing Truth About How Sexism Changes Us The Depressing Truth About How Sexism Changes Us
In Sex Object, Jessica Valenti asks “Who would I be if I didn’t live in a world that hated women?”
Jun 24, 2016 / Lauren Duca
This Study of American Fascism, Published in 1990, Is Appallingly Relevant Today This Study of American Fascism, Published in 1990, Is Appallingly Relevant Today
Donald Trump and neo-Nazis exist along a racist continuum on which it is difficult to draw any lines.
Jun 23, 2016 / Elinor Langer
A Supreme Legacy A Supreme Legacy
The conservative legacy of the Burger Court lives on in the precedents it set.
Jun 23, 2016 / Thomas Healy
How Not to Study Donald Trump How Not to Study Donald Trump
The “Trump Studies” syllabus was intended to mock his bigotry; instead, it served as a perfect example of white racism in academia.
Jun 22, 2016 / Greg Grandin