Donald J. Trump, Detective in Chief Donald J. Trump, Detective in Chief
With logic like this, who needs the truth?
Jul 2, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Why No One Watches Baseball Anymore Why No One Watches Baseball Anymore
The sport is experiencing its lowest levels of support since 1937. The reasons are obvious, but owners and executives have no incentive to look for answers.
Jul 2, 2019 / Dave Zirin
The Ugly Myth of the Welfare Queen The Ugly Myth of the Welfare Queen
Josh Levin’s The Queen examines how politicians and the media used Taylor's story to change public opinion around government aid and the poor.
Jul 2, 2019 / Jeremy Lybarger
The Long and Grim Road to ‘Plessy v. Ferguson’ The Long and Grim Road to ‘Plessy v. Ferguson’
Steven Luxenberg’s new book offers a vivid account of the events that led to the ruling.
Jul 2, 2019 / Books & the Arts / David Cole
Namwali Serpell’s Postcolonial Epic Namwali Serpell’s Postcolonial Epic
The Old Drift tells the multigenerational story of Zambia coming into being.
Jul 2, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Nawal Arjini
Foreign-Policy Decision Making Foreign-Policy Decision Making
Conflicting views are heard. The mood is tense. Around the president advisers cluster. But at the end he sticks to his approach— His formula of ignorance plus bluster.
Jul 2, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin
After All After All
Even when the garlic crop is good, something else is always dying— the peas withering in the afternoon we hoped for rain instead of watering, the tomatoes over-shaded. It should te…
Jul 2, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Anna V.Q. Ross
felo-de-se—Melissa felo-de-se—Melissa
physicists say we change an object simply by turning our attention to it—really I am a grandson only when we are eating at Panera—one of us is lying always about her particular hu…
Jul 2, 2019 / Books & the Arts / TC Tolbert
Letters From the July 15-22, 2019, Issue Letters From the July 15-22, 2019, Issue
Cruel and inhuman… A worthy education plan…
Jul 2, 2019 / Our Readers