You’ve Been on Earth So Long Already You’ve Been on Earth So Long Already
All my life all I’ve wanted was to be myself and someone else. Not theirs but them. My shame about this greed made me hesitant with other children. I wanted what they wanted, but a…
Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Metzger
America Will Be America Will Be
after Langston Hughes I am now at the age where my father calls me brother when we say goodbye. Take care of yourself, brother, he whispers a half beat before we hang up the phone,…
Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Bennett
Puzzle No. 3455 Puzzle No. 3455
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Bishop likely is married in sacred ritual (7) 5 Psychologist gives name to crappy performing ensemble (3,4) 9 Thr…
Feb 1, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Men Who Made the Third Reich The Men Who Made the Third Reich
How Hitler and the Nazis came to power.
Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
Forensic Science Put Jimmy Genrich in Prison for 24 Years. What if It Wasn’t Science? Forensic Science Put Jimmy Genrich in Prison for 24 Years. What if It Wasn’t Science?
A special investigation reveals a disastrous flaw affecting thousands of criminal convictions.
Feb 1, 2018 / Feature / Meehan Crist and Tim Requarth
It’s a Worldwide Trend: More Women Are Being Imprisoned Than Ever Before It’s a Worldwide Trend: More Women Are Being Imprisoned Than Ever Before
As globalization has pushed more women into the labor market, it has also made them more susceptible to criminalization.
Feb 1, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Teachers Are Being Trained to Shoot Their Students Teachers Are Being Trained to Shoot Their Students
But we can’t shoot our way out of America’s gun-violence crisis.
Feb 1, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Was There Anything Actually True in Trump’s State of the Union? Was There Anything Actually True in Trump’s State of the Union?
Harold Meyerson on Trump, and Meehan Crist and Tim Requarth on phony forensics.
Jan 31, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The News Is Breaking The News Is Breaking
Poor reporting and the chaos of social media have put responsible journalism in grave danger.
Jan 31, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman