Asking for a Friend: I’m Doing Good Things With My Wealth. Why Do I Still Feel So Guilty? Asking for a Friend: I’m Doing Good Things With My Wealth. Why Do I Still Feel So Guilty?
And another woman contemplates marrying her European boyfriend for his healthcare.
Jun 3, 2016 / Liza Featherstone
Time Servers Time Servers
A vision of time travel gets trapped in the media of our time.
Jun 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ava Kofman
Letters From the June 20-27, 2016, Issue Letters From the June 20-27, 2016, Issue
For if dreams die… Thinking big—by thinking small… A chance to apologize… Unfinished or incomplete?…
Jun 2, 2016 / Our Readers
Stuck in ‘Ghetto’ Stuck in ‘Ghetto’
In his new book, Mitchell Duneier explains why there is nothing natural about a ghetto.
Jun 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
Should We Stay or Should We Go? A Debate Over Brexit Should We Stay or Should We Go? A Debate Over Brexit
Four Brits let us know.
Jun 2, 2016 / Helen Lewis, Jon Cruddas, Harris Beider, and Tariq Ali
How False Equivalence Is Distorting the 2016 Election Coverage How False Equivalence Is Distorting the 2016 Election Coverage
The media’s need to cover “both sides” of every story makes no sense when one side has little regard for the truth.
Jun 2, 2016 / Feature / Eric Alterman
Michael Hayden Played Right Up to the Edge of Legality—and Then Took a Big Leap Off Michael Hayden Played Right Up to the Edge of Legality—and Then Took a Big Leap Off
In his new memoir, the former director of the NSA and the CIA shows how his many failures were followed, one after the next, by promotions.
Jun 1, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Bamford
What Black Americans Say About ‘Black-on-Black’ Gun Violence What Black Americans Say About ‘Black-on-Black’ Gun Violence
We understand that police violence and gun crimes are two parts of the same systemic problem. If only news media saw that, too.
Jun 1, 2016 / Spencer Overton
Stalin Resurgent, Again Stalin Resurgent, Again
Russia has long been deeply divided over Stalin’s role in history, with pro-Stalin sentiments surging in times of domestic hardships or perceptions of foreign threats.
Jun 1, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
Employer Wellness Programs Are a Great Idea—Right? Employer Wellness Programs Are a Great Idea—Right?
When “rewards” for good health punish the vulnerable, prevention may be worse than disease.
Jun 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen