Translating the Attack on DEI Translating the Attack on DEI
Trump administration rolls back civil rights.
Apr 15, 2025 / OppArt / Ruben Bolling
Will There Ever Be Another “Great Gatsby”? Will There Ever Be Another “Great Gatsby”?
A century on, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great Jazz Age novel still speaks to what ails America.
Apr 15, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Mark Chiusano
The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering
The Ivy League is silently complicit in Trump’s war on international students.
Apr 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer
“Blues People” and Black Life: A Conversation With Imani Perry “Blues People” and Black Life: A Conversation With Imani Perry
We spoke with the scholar about Black in Blues, a poetic exploration of the relationship between the color blue and Black people.
Apr 14, 2025 / Q&A / Elias Rodriques
9 Ways You Can Save the Internet Right Now 9 Ways You Can Save the Internet Right Now
Because the danger to cultural preservation has never been greater.
Apr 11, 2025 / Maria Bustillos
Zora Neale Hurston’s Lost Roman Epic Zora Neale Hurston’s Lost Roman Epic
In The Life of Herod the Great, we get a novel full of intrigue, betrayal, and revolution.
Apr 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme
Sigrid Nunez On and Off the Big Screen Sigrid Nunez On and Off the Big Screen
Two new films—Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door and Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s The Friend—attempt to adapt her work. Do they succeed?
Apr 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Chihaya
Paul, Weiss Caves In Under Trump Pressure Paul, Weiss Caves In Under Trump Pressure
Apr 8, 2025 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Rebellions of Murray Kempton The Rebellions of Murray Kempton
One of his generation’s most prolific journalists, Kempton never turned a blind eye to the inequalities all around him.
Apr 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
