Poverty Is Eliminated! Poverty Is Eliminated!
You can’t really be poor unless you literally have nothing.
Jan 11, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
Trump as Genius Trump as Genius
Another genius has been named. It’s Donald Trump (he’s self-proclaimed)— So smart he can explain, we hope, Why all his aides call him a dope.
Jan 11, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 3453 Puzzle No. 3453
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Nine-dimensional fantasy? (7) 5 In reference to a travel requirement, credit card has no backing (3-1-3) 9 Sticky…
Jan 11, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Paul Kingsnorth’s England Paul Kingsnorth’s England
In two new novels and a recent collection of essays, the English environmentalist and activist captures a country coming apart.
Jan 11, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Christopher de Bellaigue
The Precarious Generation The Precarious Generation
It’s not the kids these days that we need to worry about, but the world their parents helped build.
Jan 10, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Jones
The Lefty Critique of #TimesUp Is Tired and Self-Defeating The Lefty Critique of #TimesUp Is Tired and Self-Defeating
This was an action organized by and for women of color activists that reached millions. What’s wrong with that?
Jan 9, 2018 / Rinku Sen
French Secularism Is in Crisis. What Does That Mean for Muslim Youth? French Secularism Is in Crisis. What Does That Mean for Muslim Youth?
Three years after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, students in the banlieues debate secularism and the state.
Jan 8, 2018 / Karina Piser
Between What Is and What Could Be Between What Is and What Could Be
A bold exhibit delivers the message that there can be much power in the decision, and autonomy in the will, to be an abstract artist in America.
Jan 8, 2018 / Erica Rawles
A President Who Attempts to Ban Books That Expose Him Should Be Impeached A President Who Attempts to Ban Books That Expose Him Should Be Impeached
Trump’s legal threats represent an assault not just on Michael Wolff’s book but on the basic premise of the US Constitution.
Jan 5, 2018 / John Nichols
Marcus Raskin, a True Citizen, Will Be Missed Marcus Raskin, a True Citizen, Will Be Missed
Raskin rejected the trappings of high office to create a space that might speak truth to that power.
Jan 2, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel