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Cancel Culture’s Latest Victims Cancel Culture’s Latest Victims

These conservative intellectuals have been silenced forever.

Feb 12, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

The Case for Blue-State Secession

The Case for Blue-State Secession The Case for Blue-State Secession

It’s the only way to ensure democracy and equal justice, not just for blue-state residents but for citizens in all 50 states.

Feb 10, 2021 / Feature / Nathan Newman

Exit Trump, Sort Of

Exit Trump, Sort Of Exit Trump, Sort Of

When he got on that airplane to Florida, You could hear a great sigh of relief At the prospect of no longer having Such a man as commander in chief. Sure, his lies and his boasts w…

Feb 9, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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Letters From the February 22/March 1, 2021, Issue Letters From the February 22/March 1, 2021, Issue

Overtures to Trump voters… Paging the Surgeon General… Post-progressive aid?… Seeing the work… Appreciating Alterman…

Feb 9, 2021 / Our Readers

Mike Davis’s Forecast for the Left

Mike Davis’s Forecast for the Left Mike Davis’s Forecast for the Left

His works of history and social criticism have grappled with the political and ecological disasters of the past. His work has now started to become more hopeful about the future.

Feb 9, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Micah Uetricht

Can the Novel Document the Present in Real Time?

Can the Novel Document the Present in Real Time? Can the Novel Document the Present in Real Time?

Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet is an experiment in novel writing that closely tracks and analyzes the news as it happens.

Feb 8, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Rumaan Alam

46 and Done: Why Joe Biden Should Be Our Last President

46 and Done: Why Joe Biden Should Be Our Last President 46 and Done: Why Joe Biden Should Be Our Last President

Parliamentary democracies give their citizens tuition-free college, state-subsidized child care, generous paid leave, socialized medicine. We get “Hail to the Chief.”

Feb 5, 2021 / Column / Alexis Grenell

Vaccine Shortage

Vaccine Shortage Vaccine Shortage

The impact of the shortage of Covid vaccines adds to the inequity in access and distribution.

Feb 4, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Can a Novel Really Capture the Spirit of the Internet?

Can a Novel Really Capture the Spirit of the Internet? Can a Novel Really Capture the Spirit of the Internet?

Lauren Oyler’s Fake Accounts and the limits of literary fiction’s obsession with life online.

Feb 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / David Schurman Wallace

Will We Ever Fully Understand Humans’ Impact on Nature?

Will We Ever Fully Understand Humans’ Impact on Nature? Will We Ever Fully Understand Humans’ Impact on Nature?

A conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert about her new book, efforts to “control the control of nature,” and how the climate beat has changed. 

Feb 3, 2021 / Q&A / Naomi Elias

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