Election Night at the Trump White House Election Night at the Trump White House
’Twas said that finding wise advice Was something Donald Trump had mastered. So who’d he listen to that night? Just Rudy Giuliani, plastered.
Jun 28, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Fernanda Melchor’s Dark Morality Plays Fernanda Melchor’s Dark Morality Plays
In her third novel, Melchor turns her allegorical powers in an even more explicitly political direction.
Jun 27, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Nicolás Medina Mora
How Gayness Changed During My Lifetime How Gayness Changed During My Lifetime
When I came out, I steeled myself to join a minority—only to find that my identity had become a marketing niche.
Jun 27, 2022 / Feature / Benjamin Moser
A Staggering Story of Palestinian Exile A Staggering Story of Palestinian Exile
Mona Mansour’s The Vagrant Trilogy is the Public Theater’s first full-length, main-stage production to address the aftermath of the Nakba.
Jun 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
What Do We Do About the Davos Class? What Do We Do About the Davos Class?
Peter S. Goodman dissects the morally bankrupt philosophy of the global financial elite in Davos Man, offering a damning picture of the wealthy's influence on world politics.
Jun 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Nick Serpe
Keeping Juneteenth Radical Keeping Juneteenth Radical
Crass commercialization of a holiday is as American as a Labor Day sale, and so it is up to us to keep the true spirit of Juneteenth alive.
Jun 20, 2022 / Robert Greene II
The Problem of the Supreme Court The Problem of the Supreme Court
It’s time to admit that the nation’s highest court has been a source of harm more often than it’s been a force for justice.
Jun 20, 2022 / Feature / Louis Michael Seidman
The January 6 Hearings Are Mired in an Attempt to Refurbish the GOP Brand The January 6 Hearings Are Mired in an Attempt to Refurbish the GOP Brand
In sorting out good Republicans from bad, the hearings keep getting lost in an insider game.
Jun 17, 2022 / Jeet Heer
The “Wobblies” Documentary Reminds Us Why Bosses Are Still Scared of the IWW The “Wobblies” Documentary Reminds Us Why Bosses Are Still Scared of the IWW
The recently rereleased 1979 film can teach today’s workers how to throw their weight around.
Jun 16, 2022 / R.H. Lossin
The Rotten Roots of the IMF and the World Bank The Rotten Roots of the IMF and the World Bank
A conversation with Jamie Martin about the imperial origins of the world’s economic governance, imagining an alternative to these institutions, and his new book, The Meddlers.
Jun 15, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins