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Where the January 6 Insurrection Hearings Go Next

Where the January 6 Insurrection Hearings Go Next Where the January 6 Insurrection Hearings Go Next

The first day offered an impressive trailer that promises a focused indictment of Donald Trump. But the committee’s bipartisan approach has costs.

Jun 13, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Portrait of Haitian president

What the French Really Owe Haiti What the French Really Owe Haiti

Compensation for a history suffused with violence that left physical wounds and psychological trauma.

Jun 13, 2022 / Marlene L. Daut

Stewart Brand’s Dubious Futurism

Stewart Brand’s Dubious Futurism Stewart Brand’s Dubious Futurism

What did the creator of the Whole Earth Catalog stand for?

Jun 13, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Malcolm Harris

The Real Problem With Dianne Feinstein Isn’t Her Age

The Real Problem With Dianne Feinstein Isn’t Her Age The Real Problem With Dianne Feinstein Isn’t Her Age

Gerontocracy is a smokescreen for the danger of centrism.

Jun 10, 2022 / Jeet Heer

The Right Idea

The Right Idea The Right Idea

Green sneakers.

Jun 10, 2022 / Steve Brodner

BIPOC? ¡Basta!

BIPOC? ¡Basta! BIPOC? ¡Basta!

Time to blow the final whistle on the oppression Olympics.

Jun 9, 2022 / Bill Fletcher Jr. and Bill Gallegos

Gala Porras-Kim, Precipitation in an Arid Landscape, 2021 (detail).

The Gods of Gala Porras-Kim The Gods of Gala Porras-Kim

Her work reframes the way we might understand the seemingly intractable tensions between curating, colonialism, and cultural exchange.

Jun 9, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Will Fenstermaker

Group of adults lying by poolside, film crew giving instructions

The Reign of Reality TV The Reign of Reality TV

Danielle Lindemann’s True Story examines the pleasure and politics of what is quickly becoming the most influential genre of entertainment around the world.

Jun 8, 2022 / Jake Nevins

Greenwood, Tulsa, in 1978.

The Second Destruction of a Black Community in Tulsa The Second Destruction of a Black Community in Tulsa

In 1921, a mob of white citizens largely destroyed the Greenwood District. Five decades later, Donald Thompson rushed to photograph the community before urban renewal demolished it...

Jun 7, 2022 / Q&A / Karlos K. Hill

Alaa Abd el-Fattah and the Hope of a Generation

Alaa Abd el-Fattah and the Hope of a Generation Alaa Abd el-Fattah and the Hope of a Generation

In the essays of You Have Not Yet Been Defeated, the Egyptian activist and blogger reminds us that democracy flourishes and falters at the interstices, the in-between spaces, and t...

Jun 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Hussein Omar

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