Trump on Reporting a Sexual Assault

Calvin Trillin

Eve of Battle

Jen Sorensen

The Odyssey of Seymour Hersh

The legendary reporter and the ambiguities of investigative reporting.

Michael Massing

Rachel Cusk’s Struggle to Break Free

In her Outline trilogy, the English novelist finds a freedom in art that she cannot locate in life.

Maggie Doherty

Is France Finally Reckoning With Its Brutal Past?

Macron's acknowledgement of French torture during the Algerian war was unprecedented—but what comes next?

Karina Piser

Want to Defend Democracy? Start With Your Public Library.

Public libraries are critical within the public sphere and, when fully supported, represent the best of government at work.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

What the Black Dolls Say

These rare survivors of early African-American art can illuminate much about our difficult history.

Elizabeth Pochoda

John Dower in Conversation: Part II

A preeminent scholar on the Pacific War uses WWII-era Japan to examine race and US imperialism today.

Patrick Lawrence

White House Revelations

Calvin Trillin

The Myth of ‘Liberal Intolerance’

The most significant threats to free speech come from conservatives.

Eric Alterman