The Sad Sex Lives of Overeducated Millennial Malcontents The Sad Sex Lives of Overeducated Millennial Malcontents
Andrew Martin’s characters in Cool For America aren’t having much fun. Instead, they are restless and self-defeating.
Jul 29, 2020 / Jennifer Schaffer-Goddard
Wartime President Wartime President
“Trump calls himself ‘wartime president’ over coronavirus pandemic.” —CBS “The Trump Administration is trying to block billions of dollars for states to conduct testing and contac…
Jul 28, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters From the August 10/17, 2020, Issue Letters From the August 10/17, 2020, Issue
Demilitarize the police… The case for public banks… Wrestlemania… A perverse legacy… Spinning their wheels…
Jul 28, 2020 / Our Readers
The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’ The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’
The television adaptation of the Sally Rooney novel depicts how people can fall in love in a world structured by power.
Jul 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
Trump Is Lawless Trump Is Lawless
Trump’s delusional tantrums would almost be funny if they weren’t so dangerous.
Jul 28, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
A Century of Struggle in Palestine A Century of Struggle in Palestine
Rashid Khalidi’s new history offers a political and personal portrait of more than a hundred years of colonization and resistance in Palestine.
Jul 27, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Kaleem Hawa
Tribute to a True Prophet Tribute to a True Prophet
"All of us must get in the revolution."- John Lewis (2/21/40—07/17/20) in his original draft of the March on Washington
Jul 23, 2020 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández
How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing
Rosemary Mayer’s journal from 1971 illuminates not just her work but also how a creative person makes sense of a life.
Jul 23, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Thea Ballard
Is Our Generation Ready to Take Up the Torch That John Lewis Lit? Is Our Generation Ready to Take Up the Torch That John Lewis Lit?
As legends like Lewis pass away, I wonder whether we’re prepared to become the new elders.
Jul 23, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal
Roberto Mangabeira Unger’s Alternative Progressive Vision Roberto Mangabeira Unger’s Alternative Progressive Vision
We spoke to the Harvard law professor and philosopher about his incisive articulation of a different kind of progressivism.
Jul 21, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins