Letters From the September 10-17, 2018, Issue Letters From the September 10-17, 2018, Issue
Poetry, wide open… The poetry editors reply…
Aug 16, 2018 / Our Readers, Stephanie Burt, and Carmen Giménez Smith
Manafort and Gates Manafort and Gates
Their tales of corruption and thieving and fraud Don’t alter the president’s views in the slightest. He’s comfortable boasting, when all’s said and done, That he has attracted the…
Aug 16, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 3474 Puzzle No. 3474
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Gets angry when Oakland team is taken in by dubious faith (3,1,3) 5 Honest union leader encounters PR battle, avoi…
Aug 16, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Journalists Are Not the Enemy, Mr. President Journalists Are Not the Enemy, Mr. President
Americans who take seriously the democratic promise of the First Amendment must explicitly and consistently reject Trump’s attacks on freedom of the press.
Aug 16, 2018 / John Nichols
The Press Is Under Presidential Attack The Press Is Under Presidential Attack
Calling them “the enemy of the people,” Trump incites violence against any news organization that doesn’t support him.
Aug 16, 2018 / OppArt / Dario Castillejos
The World of Eduardo Galeano The World of Eduardo Galeano
The writer's radical commitments made him an intimate witness to many of the major turning points in Latin American politics over the last 75 years.
Aug 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Mark Engler
Zephyr Teachout for Attorney General of New York Zephyr Teachout for Attorney General of New York
She has the experience, independence and toughness needed to transform the office and combat corruption at all levels.
Aug 16, 2018 / The Nation
Refugees, Immigrants, and Donald Trump: Viet Thanh Nguyen Refugees, Immigrants, and Donald Trump: Viet Thanh Nguyen
Plus Anna Deavere Smith on the school-to-prison pipeline and Rachel Kushner on women in prison.
Aug 16, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Democratic Insurgency Is Winning the War of Ideas The Democratic Insurgency Is Winning the War of Ideas
Some of its candidates have won, others have lost. But the movement is succeeding where it counts.
Aug 16, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel