Kim Jong Un Drops Some Weight Kim Jong Un Drops Some Weight
So Kim Jong Un is looking rather svelte. He’s lost at least four notches on his belt. Has illness or a diet made him trim? Have shortages of food reached even Kim? Not yet. But if…
Jul 13, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Fauci’s Truths and Half-Truths About Gain-of-Function Research Fauci’s Truths and Half-Truths About Gain-of-Function Research
As recently as 2018, Fauci celebrated the lifting of the “pause” on such research. With government in “upstream” control of funding, guidance, and publications, he argued, what cou...
Jul 13, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
Eric Adams Is Going to Be a Very Different Kind of Mayor Eric Adams Is Going to Be a Very Different Kind of Mayor
His deep ties to organized labor and Democratic institutions make him a tough opponent for the city’s left. Yet the same institutional checks that have long frustrated progressives...
Jul 12, 2021 / Column / Ross Barkan
January 6 Reckoning January 6 Reckoning
The veep who’d been slavishly loyal, Mike Pence, Accomplished his duty despite the mob, hence He’s now called a traitor; the hatred’s intense. In cults deviation…
Jun 29, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Joe Biden and the Age of Blaxhaustion Joe Biden and the Age of Blaxhaustion
After saving Biden’s campaign from defeat, Black people had hoped for some relief from the constant racism and attacks. That hasn’t happened.
Jun 28, 2021 / Column / Elie Mystal
How the Dianne Morales Campaign Fell Apart How the Dianne Morales Campaign Fell Apart
At the last minute, the political newcomer’s once-promising bid for New York City mayor became a cautionary tale.
Jun 25, 2021 / Column / Aída Chávez
We Owe It to the World’s Children to Slow Population Growth We Owe It to the World’s Children to Slow Population Growth
Crowding the planet harms younger generations as much as it does the environment.
Jun 24, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Mediocre Men Have Failed New York Mediocre Men Have Failed New York
Why women are primed to step in and govern.
Jun 16, 2021 / Column / Alexis Grenell
Kevin McCarthy Changes His Tune Re Trump and January 6 Kevin McCarthy Changes His Tune Re Trump and January 6
The speakership would be for Kevin His version of a place in heaven. He seems to think to reach that level A pact’s required with the Devil.
Jun 15, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Are Dems Incapable of Defending Democracy? Or Just Unwilling? Are Dems Incapable of Defending Democracy? Or Just Unwilling?
Bolstering voting rights is both urgent and popular. Yet for all his talk of “existential crisis,” Biden hasn’t turned up the heat on Manchin or Sinema.