FIFA Punts on Palestine and Fouls Its Own Bylaws FIFA Punts on Palestine and Fouls Its Own Bylaws
The world soccer body has decreed that the West Bank is just land without teams for teams without a land.
May 18, 2017 / Dave Zirin
4 Reasons Why Robert Mueller Is an Ideal Special Counsel 4 Reasons Why Robert Mueller Is an Ideal Special Counsel
By temperament and experience, Mueller represents an antidote to the Trump administration’s defiant stance against the laws of the land.
May 18, 2017 / Karen J. Greenberg
Will Trump Even Make It Through One Term? Will Trump Even Make It Through One Term?
Harold Meyerson on the politics of impeachment, D.D. Guttenplan on Democratic hopes in Montana, and Amy Wilentz on Ivanka’s new book.
May 18, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Letters From the June 5-12, 2017, Issue Letters From the June 5-12, 2017, Issue
A history of colonization… Democracy or disintegration?… Borne back ceaselessly…
May 18, 2017 / Our Readers
The Republican Health-Care Bill The Republican Health-Care Bill
They needed a triumph the White House could share, No matter how many it left without care. They managed to clear a congressional clot, But “First, do no harm” was what they forgot…
May 18, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 3433 Puzzle No. 3433
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Jokester in Alabama is a religious figure (8) 5 One visited a writer, mid-morning, after all-night party (5) 9 Ho…
May 18, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Mysticism of Louis Kahn The Mysticism of Louis Kahn
After walking through the buildings he designed, it is impossible to imagine a world without them.
May 18, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Paul Goldberger
How Donald Trump’s Words Create Emergencies How Donald Trump’s Words Create Emergencies
A linguistic political analysis.
May 18, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
How the ‘Populist’ President is Creating an Aristocracy How the ‘Populist’ President is Creating an Aristocracy
Not quite what voters expected.
May 18, 2017 / Mike Konczal
In Iran’s Presidential Elections, Reformists’ Hopes Are Limited In Iran’s Presidential Elections, Reformists’ Hopes Are Limited
They have united many formerly opposed voters—but for now the fight for personal and political freedoms is taking a back seat.
May 17, 2017 / Scheherezade Faramarzi