An Alien’s View of the 2016 Election An Alien’s View of the 2016 Election
Electing Trump may mean the end of the world.
Mar 29, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
Who Can Change the American University? Who Can Change the American University?
Many professors won’t support their students who are protesting campus racism—even when they want to.
Mar 29, 2016 / Eve Dunbar
Will This New Book Change the National Debate on Poverty? Will This New Book Change the National Debate on Poverty?
Matthew Desmond’s Evicted, now a national bestseller, has exposed the calamitous effects of mass displacement caused by the lack of affordable housing.
Mar 29, 2016 / Feature / Eyal Press
Chile’s Future: On the World Stage Chile’s Future: On the World Stage
What can Chile’s Santiago a Mil festival tell us about the country?
Mar 25, 2016 / Alisa Solomon
David Hammons: The Private Public Artist David Hammons: The Private Public Artist
The staging of Hammons’s work at Mnuchin Gallery amounts to the punch line of a joke that has extended throughout his half-century career.
Mar 25, 2016 / Antwaun Sargent
Now 17, the ‘Obamacare Kid’ Comes Out as Transgender Now 17, the ‘Obamacare Kid’ Comes Out as Transgender
The courageous Marcelas Owens continues to blaze trails.
Mar 24, 2016 / Rep. Pramila Jayapal
Start Making Sense: Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End Start Making Sense: Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End
Gary Younge on Obama’s legacy, plus Richard Parker on long-term political change, and Rebecca Solnit on hope.
Mar 24, 2016 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Joseph Brodsky, Darker and Brighter Joseph Brodsky, Darker and Brighter
A spellbinding new biography rescues the poet from sentimentality and kitsch.
Mar 24, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Cynthia Haven
After the Last Astronauts Had Left Us, II (Laika) After the Last Astronauts Had Left Us, II (Laika)
Yes, they had been brave in the face of it. The Geiger counter at navel-gazing. Down here, Earth vespers nothing but its tinfoil sermon. How to Survive These Extrao…
Mar 24, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Safiya Sinclair
Puzzle No. 3395 Puzzle No. 3395
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 8 Backward cry of disdain at a longtime Cuban dance (8) 9 On the radio, happy beat from Scotland (6) 10 Vow loyalty,…
Mar 24, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto