‘Its Painful to Experience Your Own Defeat’ ‘Its Painful to Experience Your Own Defeat’
Tahrir Square, seven years on.
Mar 5, 2018 / Pierre Daum
6 New Ways to Deflect From Gun Control! 6 New Ways to Deflect From Gun Control!
Conservatives grapple wildly with another mass shooting.
Feb 27, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
Natural-Born Bards Natural-Born Bards
A new volume collects African-American folk tales that foreshadow contemporary debates about cultural ownership and appropriation.
Feb 23, 2018 / Aaron Robertson
Libraries Are a Space Where Everyone Belongs Libraries Are a Space Where Everyone Belongs
No wonder the Trump administration is gunning for them.
Feb 23, 2018 / Feature / Sue Halpern
Why Are Russian Women Opposed to #MeToo? Why Are Russian Women Opposed to #MeToo?
Anti-feminist discourse is part of the state media’s anti-Western narrative—Russians need to resist it and stand up for their rights.
Feb 23, 2018 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
Russian Meddling Russian Meddling
Their cyber-warfare’s in the spotlight’s glare. The proof is there. Our government’s aware They mean to tear apart the trust we share That votes we cast are counted, fair and squar…
Feb 22, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Christa Wolf’s Life Under Surveillance Christa Wolf’s Life Under Surveillance
In her diaries, the German novelist recorded a life of watching and being watched.
Feb 22, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld
In the Cuban Sphere In the Cuban Sphere
Was Cuba under Castro a model for anti-imperialism in Latin America or a source of instability in the region?
Feb 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Iber
The alt-R&B of Rhye The alt-R&B of Rhye
Despite all of the sex baked into Blood, the album is striking for the sense of solitude that lurks beneath its surface.
Feb 15, 2018 / Bijan Stephen
Trump on Domestic Violence Trump on Domestic Violence
No empathy? That’s hardly fair to say About this early-morning tweeter. Though, true, he feels no beaten woman’s pain, He sympathizes with the beater.
Feb 15, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin