The Case for Blue-State Secession The Case for Blue-State Secession
It’s the only way to ensure democracy and equal justice, not just for blue-state residents but for citizens in all 50 states.
Feb 10, 2021 / Feature / Nathan Newman
Letters From the February 22/March 1, 2021, Issue Letters From the February 22/March 1, 2021, Issue
Overtures to Trump voters… Paging the Surgeon General… Post-progressive aid?… Seeing the work… Appreciating Alterman…
Feb 9, 2021 / Our Readers
Exit Trump, Sort Of Exit Trump, Sort Of
When he got on that airplane to Florida, You could hear a great sigh of relief At the prospect of no longer having Such a man as commander in chief. Sure, his lies and his boasts w…
Feb 9, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Mike Davis’s Forecast for the Left Mike Davis’s Forecast for the Left
His works of history and social criticism have grappled with the political and ecological disasters of the past. His work has now started to become more hopeful about the future.
Feb 9, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Micah Uetricht
Can the Novel Document the Present in Real Time? Can the Novel Document the Present in Real Time?
Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet is an experiment in novel writing that closely tracks and analyzes the news as it happens.
Feb 8, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Rumaan Alam
Provenance Provenance
There she was in that lavender dress, in that room, in that apartment, turning around to answer his fist pounding that door in the middle of that day that…
Feb 6, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Paul Tran
46 and Done: Why Joe Biden Should Be Our Last President 46 and Done: Why Joe Biden Should Be Our Last President
Parliamentary democracies give their citizens tuition-free college, state-subsidized child care, generous paid leave, socialized medicine. We get “Hail to the Chief.”
Feb 5, 2021 / Column / Alexis Grenell
Vaccine Shortage Vaccine Shortage
The impact of the shortage of Covid vaccines adds to the inequity in access and distribution.
Feb 4, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Can a Novel Really Capture the Spirit of the Internet? Can a Novel Really Capture the Spirit of the Internet?
Lauren Oyler’s Fake Accounts and the limits of literary fiction’s obsession with life online.
Feb 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / David Schurman Wallace
I Wish We Could Be Dancing to Sophie I Wish We Could Be Dancing to Sophie
It’s an added cruelty that we cannot mourn the loss of the avant-pop icon properly.
Feb 4, 2021 / Annie Howard