A Living Archive of Peter Hujar A Living Archive of Peter Hujar
The director Ira Sachs’s transforms an intimate interview with the photographer into a film about friendship, routine, and why we make art at all.
Jan 27, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Phoebe Chen
George Whitmore’s Unsparing Queer Fiction George Whitmore’s Unsparing Queer Fiction
Long out of print, his novel Nebraska is an enigmatic record of queer survival in midcentury America.
Jan 26, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Lybarger
Meet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit Meet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit
A conversation with Graham Granger, whose combination of protest and performance art spread beyond campus. “AI chews up and spits out art made by other people.”
Jan 22, 2026 / StudentNation / Colin Warren
The Line, a Saudi Megaproject, Is Dead The Line, a Saudi Megaproject, Is Dead
It was always doomed to unravel, but the firms who lent their name to this folly should be held accountable.
Jan 21, 2026 / Column / Kate Wagner
Springsteen Defends the Promised Land Against ICE’s “Gestapo Tactics” Springsteen Defends the Promised Land Against ICE’s “Gestapo Tactics”
Mourning for Renee Nicole Good, the singer decried the Trump administration and the threat to freedom posed by “heavily armed masked federal troops invading an American city.”
Jan 20, 2026 / John Nichols
Is It Possible for Speech to Ever Be Too Free? Is It Possible for Speech to Ever Be Too Free?
A new history explores the political limits as well as possibilities of freedom of speech.
Jan 20, 2026 / Books & the Arts / David Cole
The Strange Story of the Famed Anti-Fascist Lament “First They Came…” The Strange Story of the Famed Anti-Fascist Lament “First They Came…”
In his celebrated mea culpa, the German pastor Martin Niemöller blamed his failure to speak out against the Nazis on indifference. Was that the whole reason?
Jan 20, 2026 / Feature / Barry Yourgrau
How Taiwan Became the Chipmaker for the World How Taiwan Became the Chipmaker for the World
A new book tells the story of the island-nation’s transformation into a central hub for technological development and manufacturing.
Jan 19, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Yangyang Cheng
“The Paper” and the Return of the Cubicle Comedy “The Paper” and the Return of the Cubicle Comedy
The new show from the creators of The Office reminds us that their comedic style does now work in every “workplace in the world.”
Jan 15, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte
The Endless Scoops of Seymour Hersh The Endless Scoops of Seymour Hersh
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus’s Cover-Up explores the life and times of one of America’s greatest investigative reporters.
Jan 14, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Adam Hochschild