Young People Really, Really Want a Green New Deal Young People Really, Really Want a Green New Deal
New polling data show that millennials are more enthusiastic than older generations about radical efforts to save the planet and create jobs.
Feb 7, 2019 / Sean McElwee and John Ray
Howard Schultz Tests His Centrist Messaging Howard Schultz Tests His Centrist Messaging
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Feb 7, 2019 / Peter Kuper
Letters From the February 25-March 4, 2019, Issue Letters From the February 25-March 4, 2019, Issue
Populism is everywhere… A worthy subject… Après le déluge…
Feb 7, 2019 / Our Readers
Saving the Children Saving the Children
Every day they were trapped, we checked in with the nightly news to hear how the Wild Boars were doing. A boot camp had been set up at the mouth of the cave after two divers discov…
Feb 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Julia Alvarez
Howard Schultz May Run for President Howard Schultz May Run for President
The Democrats have welcomed Schultz As warmly as they might Darth Vader. It’s odd: A centrist billionaire Can look exactly like Ralph Nader.
Feb 7, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 3489 Puzzle No. 3489
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Fashion celebrity’s bad mood cut short when taking in poetic tribute to a hairstyle? (10) 6 Doctor said, “This is…
Feb 7, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike
As teachers in Denver and Oakland head toward their own strikes, it’s worth doubling down on the lessons from LA.
Feb 7, 2019 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe
The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’ The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’
His memoir is an affecting chronicle of both hope and despair in the American South.
Feb 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen
How Did the Constitution Become America’s Authoritative Text? How Did the Constitution Become America’s Authoritative Text?
A new history of the early American republic recasts the origins of originalism and how the Constitution gained its “fixed” status.
Feb 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Karen J. Greenberg
Inside the Secretive US Air Campaign In Somalia Inside the Secretive US Air Campaign In Somalia
Since Trump took office, figuring out whom the US is killing and why has become nearly impossible.
Feb 7, 2019 / Feature / Amanda Sperber