Selecting a Presidential Nominee Through Primaries Selecting a Presidential Nominee Through Primaries
Approval of reform was quite emphatic: Let’s let the voters vote. That’s democratic. But now a question that’s distressing looms: Could we, in fact, prefer those smoke-filled rooms…
Mar 10, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A European Union? A European Union?
Stefan Zweig’s essays in Messages From a Lost World are a product of his displacement and a sharp reminder to citizens about the agony in the present age of the refugee.
Mar 10, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Gavin Jacobson
Puzzle No. 3394 Puzzle No. 3394
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Formal speech, skipping the commercial (5) 4 Mistakenly pry into gothic novel with legal protection (9) 9 Vicious…
Mar 10, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Get Information Get Information
Beyoncé’s “Formation” reflects today’s movement from black rage toward a racialized revolutionary politics.
Mar 9, 2016 / Joshua Clover
A Critic’s Job of Work A Critic’s Job of Work
I don’t see my job as making or breaking an artist. I have other responsibilities toward art.
Mar 9, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
There Goes the Neighborhood: How Brooklyn Got Gentrified There Goes the Neighborhood: How Brooklyn Got Gentrified
In the first episode of our new podcast series, we visit Bed-Stuy to learn how developers find properties to flip—and what happens to people who already live there.
Mar 9, 2016 / Podcast / Kai Wright and There Goes the Neighborhood
Stranger Than ‘House Of Cards’ Stranger Than ‘House Of Cards’
Given the absurdities of the current political season, it is worth asking why the return of the Netflix drama was so highly anticipated.
Mar 7, 2016 / K. Leander Williams
Nancy Reagan and the Problem of the Two Nancys Nancy Reagan and the Problem of the Two Nancys
There were two Nancy Davises in Hollywood in the early ’50s. One ended up in the White House—the other one ended up flipping burgers in a snack bar.
Mar 6, 2016 / Jon Wiener
Black TV Hosts Matter Black TV Hosts Matter
Melissa Harris-Perry says no to MSNBC’s money.
Mar 4, 2016 / Leslie Savan
Transgender People Are More Visible Than Ever. So Why Is There More Anti-Trans Legislation Than Ever, Too? Transgender People Are More Visible Than Ever. So Why Is There More Anti-Trans Legislation Than Ever, Too?
Maybe “visibility” is not enough.
Mar 4, 2016 / Jos Truitt