Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation
They way to see the author’s satire of small-village life whole is to see the translations multiplied.
Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
Kill List Kill List
1.At a certain distance, it looks like a poem. 2.Transliterated, maybe, from the Arabic. 3.Short lined. 4.Short lived. 5.At a certain distance, it reads beautifully. 6.What its…
Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Amit Majmudar
Letters From the August 15-22, 2016, Issue Letters From the August 15-22, 2016, Issue
Suffering in private… An ounce of prevention… Pulsing with love…
Jul 28, 2016 / Our Readers, Seth Freed Wessler, and Sonia Shah
Puzzle No. 3404 Puzzle No. 3404
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Fall to pieces and perish, concealing transgression to get back at informer (12) 9 Leaders of Egypt might begin ex…
Jul 28, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Civil-Rights Movement Made Hillary Clinton’s Historic Nomination Possible The Civil-Rights Movement Made Hillary Clinton’s Historic Nomination Possible
Whatever you think of her, Clinton’s candidacy is an important victory in the long fight for voting rights.
Jul 28, 2016 / Ari Berman
Where Is the New Cyberfeminism? Where Is the New Cyberfeminism?
Virtual reality remains stuck in age-old ideas about women and their bodies.
Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Cecilia D’Anastasio
Who Goes to the DNC Anyway? Who Goes to the DNC Anyway?
From an 18-year-old first-time voter to a baseball-cap entrepreneur, eight conventioneers tell us what brings them to Philly.
Jul 28, 2016 / Samantha Schuyler and Molly Stier
Welcome to Brazil, Where a Food Revolution Is Changing the Way People Eat Welcome to Brazil, Where a Food Revolution Is Changing the Way People Eat
How the country challenged the junk-food industry and became a global leader in the battle against obesity.
Jul 28, 2016 / Feature / Bridget Huber
Hillary Clinton Lets the Men Make Her Case on Night 3 of the DNC Hillary Clinton Lets the Men Make Her Case on Night 3 of the DNC
One powerful man after another wielded his powers on behalf of the first woman to be nominated by a major party for president of the United States.
Jul 28, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Why President Obama and Tim Kaine ‘Feel the Bern’ Why President Obama and Tim Kaine ‘Feel the Bern’
The president and the vice-presidential nominee recognize that talking about Bernie Sanders is smart politics.
Jul 28, 2016 / John Nichols