Letters From the June 18-15, 2018, Issue Letters From the June 18-15, 2018, Issue
The devil in the details… Massing replies… The ACLU forsworn…
May 24, 2018 / Our Readers and Michael Massing
Drain the Swamp! Drain the Swamp! Drain the Swamp! Drain the Swamp!
This metaphor for cleaning up DC Has now become a Trumpian refrain. The task is getting harder day by day, With Trump appointees clogging up the drain.
May 24, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
What Does It Take to Write a Novel About Prison? What Does It Take to Write a Novel About Prison?
An interview with Rachel Kushner about her new novel, The Mars Room.
May 23, 2018 / Jon Wiener
Zora Neale Hurston and the Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade’s Last Survivor Zora Neale Hurston and the Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade’s Last Survivor
Even after Emancipation, Kossula Oluales spent the rest of his life trying to recover what was lost.
May 23, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
Trump’s America: Spot the Mistakes Trump’s America: Spot the Mistakes
Iran, Giuliani, Cohen and more!
May 21, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
Trumpism Is the New McCarthyism Trumpism Is the New McCarthyism
Just as as McCarthyism did decades ago, Trumpism conceals the Republican Party’s long-term program to dismantle the public sector.
May 21, 2018 / Ellen Schrecker
The History of Lynching and the Present of Policing The History of Lynching and the Present of Policing
A new documentary on Michael Brown comes just in time.
May 17, 2018 / Khalil Gibran Muhammad
A New Embassy in Jerusalem, an Old Struggle in Gaza A New Embassy in Jerusalem, an Old Struggle in Gaza
Amy Wilentz on the American embassy in Israel, Rachel Kushner on The Mars Room, and Patricia J. Williams on the legacy of lynching.
May 17, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Tom Wolfe and Me Tom Wolfe and Me
He exploded on the scene like a New Journalism comet and kept himself aloft by superior, mostly tasteful self-promotion, hard work, and good journalism.
May 16, 2018 / Richard Lingeman
It’s a Witch Hunt! It’s a Witch Hunt!
Or Some witchlike people have disguises that May cover up a black and pointy hat. The one nabbed first of all, to Trump’s chagrin, Was “Lock Her Up” adviser Michael Flynn. Then Man…
May 10, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin