Why Women Are Sharing Their Abortion Stories Why Women Are Sharing Their Abortion Stories
Even though abortion is technically legal, it can still come with shame, stigma, and fear.
Aug 3, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Job Description Job Description
“Bill Shine, who was forced out of Fox after being accused of aiding and abetting the sexual predator Roger Ailes, is named White House communications director.” —News reports He…
Aug 2, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
How the Trump Administration Is Normalizing Immigrant Internment Camps How the Trump Administration Is Normalizing Immigrant Internment Camps
If the Muslim ban is any guide, an idea that was once considered insane will soon become acceptable.
Jul 20, 2018 / Column / Laila Lalami
Trump Baby Over London Trump Baby Over London
“A giant orange balloon of Mr. Trump depicted as a pouting baby in a diaper and holding a smartphone took flight in London earlier in the day.”—The New York Times As pointed as the…
Jul 19, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Seymour Hersh Against the World Seymour Hersh Against the World
Our most valuable living investigative reporter disdained those who cozied up to power.
Jul 18, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman
‘Under Trump the GOP Has Become a Cult’ ‘Under Trump the GOP Has Become a Cult’
—The Boston Globe So why do they maintain their loyalty Despite his lies, despite the fact that he Acts like a child instead of an adult? ’Cause it’s a cult. Why would his people a…
Jul 5, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Trump Amplifies What Was There All Along Trump Amplifies What Was There All Along
We can fight to backtrack to when certain terrors were less explicit, or we can chart a new course.
Jul 5, 2018 / Column / Kai Wright
The Right Abandoned Civility a Long Time Ago The Right Abandoned Civility a Long Time Ago
So why is it always the left that’s being told to pipe down?
Jun 29, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Obama Envy Obama Envy
(Or, Why Isn’t Orange the New Black?) How great am I? As great as one can be. So why do they admire him, not me? The phony press keeps saying he’s got class, Implying I’m a blimp-l…
Jun 21, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Death of Philip Roth’s ‘Lox and Bagels’ Judaism The Death of Philip Roth’s ‘Lox and Bagels’ Judaism
The novelist’s life tracked the rise and fall of a golden age of secular American Jewry.
Jun 20, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman