At the VA, a Law Meant to Discipline Executives is Being Used to Fire Low-Level Workers At the VA, a Law Meant to Discipline Executives is Being Used to Fire Low-Level Workers
An investigation reveals that food-service workers, housekeepers, and claims processors—many veterans themselves—have lost their jobs under a new accountability law.
May 10, 2018 / Jasper Craven
Mary Halvorson’s Kinetic Improvisation Mary Halvorson’s Kinetic Improvisation
The guitarist’s music is exhilarating, unapologetically smart, and unspoiled by phoniness or pretense.
May 10, 2018 / David Hajdu
Letters From the June 4/11, 2018, Issue Letters From the June 4/11, 2018, Issue
Betrayal of Beliefs... Clarification
May 10, 2018 / Our Readers
Puzzle No. 3467 Puzzle No. 3467
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Darkness at Noon, e.g.: story excerpts in digital sample? (5,7) 9 Hatch a goose egg right before unfinished…
May 10, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
It’s a Witch Hunt! It’s a Witch Hunt!
Or Some witchlike people have disguises that May cover up a black and pointy hat. The one nabbed first of all, to Trump’s chagrin, Was “Lock Her Up” adviser Michael Flynn. Then Man…
May 10, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Zuckerberg’s Invasion and Evasion Zuckerberg’s Invasion and Evasion
Damage done, Cambridge Analytica moves into the shadows, while Facebook marches on.
May 10, 2018 / OppArt / Anthony Freda
The Nazis Among Us The Nazis Among Us
Fatih Akin’s In the Fade.
May 10, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Paul Hockenos
The First Native American Congresswoman in US History Could be Elected This Year The First Native American Congresswoman in US History Could be Elected This Year
In the wake of Standing Rock, Indigenous activists have turned their attention to getting Native women elected.
May 10, 2018 / Julian Brave NoiseCat
Are We Finally Getting Over the Belief That Periods Are Embarrassing? Are We Finally Getting Over the Belief That Periods Are Embarrassing?
To fight for pads and tampons for all, we have to talk openly about menstruation.
May 10, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt