Late Afternoon Late Afternoon
(for Alice Truax) Three pairs of binoculars but which one works— why do we say “pair” when we mean one? What we see is what we are—the swimming pool’s black shadow eye-mote, a mole…
Feb 9, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Cynthia Zarin
Anxiety Anxiety
Cat claws on the heart’s tin roof, each breath a locomotive running off the rails, the switching signal’s warning rat-a-tat, I’m up too early, the alphabet net snags and tears, mot…
Feb 9, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Cynthia Zarin
Puzzle No. 3422 Puzzle No. 3422
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 What comes after I imitate mockery (4) 3 In the absence of objective fact, send leader of team ahead of Yankee slu…
Feb 9, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Rise and Resilience of Black Lives Matter The Rise and Resilience of Black Lives Matter
Wesley Lowery’s new book charts the origins of a movement
Feb 9, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Nathalie Baptiste
6 Years, 8 Countries: A Refugee Couple’s Harrowing Search for Safety 6 Years, 8 Countries: A Refugee Couple’s Harrowing Search for Safety
Daniel and Kedijah’s story reveals everything wrong with the response by wealthy nations to record-high global displacement.
Feb 9, 2017 / Caitlin L. Chandler
In a World of Closed Borders, Deciding Who Deserves Asylum In a World of Closed Borders, Deciding Who Deserves Asylum
At Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, workers face few humane options.
Feb 9, 2017 / Feature / Jacob Kushner
The Silencing of Coretta Scott King Is an Act of Systemic Racism The Silencing of Coretta Scott King Is an Act of Systemic Racism
Elizabeth Warren wasn’t attacking Jeff Sessions’s character; she was using King’s observations to expose his support for racist policies.
Feb 8, 2017 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
The Last Supermarket Before Antarctica The Last Supermarket Before Antarctica
In southernmost Chilean Patagonia, the modern world has invaded the world’s end.
Feb 8, 2017 / Georgi Lazarevski
What the Fugitive Slave Act Teaches Us About How States Can Resist Oppressive Federal Power What the Fugitive Slave Act Teaches Us About How States Can Resist Oppressive Federal Power
The actions of attorneys general in California and other states have their antecedents in the fight against that draconian law.
Feb 8, 2017 / Eric Foner
Theresa May Is Totally Crushing on Donald Trump Theresa May Is Totally Crushing on Donald Trump
Other European leaders: No thanks.
Feb 8, 2017 / Column / Gary Younge