Letters From the February 2024 Issue Letters From the February 2024 Issue
Modern midwifery… Idle laws…
Feb 20, 2024 / Our Readers
The Border Bill, Republican Congressmen, and Trump The Border Bill, Republican Congressmen, and Trump
Feb 20, 2024 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Divided Landscape of Indian American Politics The Divided Landscape of Indian American Politics
The Desi diaspora is both rising up and fracturing on issues of religion, race, and caste, with far-reaching implications for US politics.
An Experiment in Tribally Owned Internet An Experiment in Tribally Owned Internet
On reservations across the country, tribes are using federal grants to create their own Internet providers. But it takes more than money to get a community online.
Feb 20, 2024 / Feature / Evan Malmgren
The Magic of Reading Bernard Malamud The Magic of Reading Bernard Malamud
His work, unlike that of Bellow or Roth, focused on the lives of often impoverished Jews in Brooklyn and the Bronx and bestowed on them a literary magic.
Feb 20, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
Black History, All Year Black History, All Year
Acknowledging the history and perspective of Black people in America should be a daily practice.
Feb 19, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Will a Florida Ballot Measure to Protect Abortion Shake Up the State’s Politics This November? Will a Florida Ballot Measure to Protect Abortion Shake Up the State’s Politics This November?
Not only is Florida the last bastion of abortion access in the Southeast, it’s a state with the third highest number of electoral votes and a memorable record of swinging president...
Feb 19, 2024 / Amy Littlefield
The Unanswered Questions of “True Detective” The Unanswered Questions of “True Detective”
Like a Raymond Chandler detective story, Night Country ultimately wants to turn its audience’s attention away from the mysteries of the dead toward those of the living.
Feb 19, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte
The Invisible Labor of Women Who Love Incarcerated People The Invisible Labor of Women Who Love Incarcerated People
There are few things more important for people in prison than keeping links with the outside world. That task falls overwhelmingly to women.
Feb 19, 2024 / Rachel Zarrow and Christopher Blackwell