Inoculation as Metaphor Inoculation as Metaphor
Eula Biss’s On Immunity is a slipshod book full of brilliant moments.
Jan 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold
Speed Kills Speed Kills
Has digital technology destroyed leisure?
Jan 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Less Is More Less Is More
The dense details in Berlin’s memorial museums overwhelm the stories they try to tell.
Jan 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein
Letters Letters
Mutualize Uber?… what a mensch!… too broad a brush… make ’em care!… nobody does it better…
Jan 13, 2015 / Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky
Elizabeth Warren Says She Won’t Run, but ‘Draft Warren’ Activists Plan to ‘Change Her Mind’ Elizabeth Warren Says She Won’t Run, but ‘Draft Warren’ Activists Plan to ‘Change Her Mind’
The senator rejects a presidential bid—again—but her backers are undeterred.
Jan 13, 2015 / John Nichols
Puzzle No. 3351 Puzzle No. 3351
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog,Word Salad
Jan 13, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
On Bill Moyers’s Legacy On Bill Moyers’s Legacy
Following a career of more than forty years, Bill Moyers retires.
Jan 13, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
On the Death of the Irreplaceable Mike Marqusee On the Death of the Irreplaceable Mike Marqusee
My sportswriting mentor and hero Mike Marqusee has died. If you don’t know his work, here is a time to learn it.
Jan 13, 2015 / Dave Zirin
This Is the Key to Recovering Black Wealth in America This Is the Key to Recovering Black Wealth in America
America’s giant wealth disparity is driven by a history of racist redlining.
Jan 13, 2015 / Mike Konczal and Bryce Covert
Snapshot: The Aftermath Snapshot: The Aftermath
Soldiers and police stand guard in Paris’s Jewish quarter. France deployed nearly 10,000 troops to sensitive sites across the nation after the attack on Charlie Hebdo and the murders two days later at a kosher supermarket in east Paris. Nearly half of those forces will be guarding Jewish schools, synagogues and neighborhoods.
Jan 13, 2015 / Remy de la Mauviniere