The Patience “Euphoria” Demands The Patience “Euphoria” Demands
While the HBO show is polarizing and easy to critique, it still manages to expand the genre of teen drama.
Mar 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
From Opium to Saffron, the Ancients Knew a Thing or Two About Drugs From Opium to Saffron, the Ancients Knew a Thing or Two About Drugs
Scholars of antiquity are finding ever more evidence that psychoactive substances played a central role in ancient life.
Mar 22, 2022 / Feature / Karen Polinger Foster, Diana Stein, and Sarah Kielt Costello
Sanctioning Oligarchs Sanctioning Oligarchs
Yes, Putin’s Russian oligarchs have lots Of London mansions, not to mention yachts. A yacht that’s seized brings pressure hard to bear— Unless, of course, that Russian has a spare.
Mar 22, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
What Will It Take to Achieve Workplace Equality? What Will It Take to Achieve Workplace Equality?
A new history examines the gains won by women in white-collar work. But without mass action and solidarity, women’s economic equality will continue to be transitory and fragile.
Mar 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Bryce Covert
The Secret Black History of LSD The Secret Black History of LSD
Research on psychedelics, then and now, has been riddled with medical racism and exclusion. But that hasn’t stopped Black people from finding creativity and solace through such dru...
Mar 22, 2022 / Feature / Kali Holloway
A 20-Year Debacle in Afghanistan A 20-Year Debacle in Afghanistan
Why the American war was destined for catastrophe and tragedy from the start.
Mar 21, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Charlie Savage
Can a Thriller Capture the Feeling of Being Watched? Can a Thriller Capture the Feeling of Being Watched?
Calla Henkel’s Other People’s Clothes mines the gossip and sleaze of early 2000s culture to tell a story about celebrity obsession and spectacle.
Mar 17, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Philippa Snow
The War of Words Between Between “Rashka” and Ukraine The War of Words Between Between “Rashka” and Ukraine
On the culture front between “Rashka” and Ukraine.
Mar 17, 2022 / Benjamin Moser
Volodymyr Zelensky Is Not a Comedian—and That’s No Joke Volodymyr Zelensky Is Not a Comedian—and That’s No Joke
A belated review of Servant of the People that may turn into an obituary.
Mar 16, 2022 / Barbara Garson
Alt-Lit’s Jeremiad Against the Novel Alt-Lit’s Jeremiad Against the Novel
Where Sean Thor Conroe’s Fuccboi fits in recent literary history.
Mar 16, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Cal Revely-Calder