The Monumental Improvisations of Sonny Rollins The Monumental Improvisations of Sonny Rollins
Though his life had its ups and downs, Rollins never wavered in his determination to get things right, and often that meant reinventing himself and, along the way, jazz as well.
Jul 24, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour
The Many Enigmas of Oppenheimer The Many Enigmas of Oppenheimer
In Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan neither indicts nor vindicates the physicist. Instead, he offers a study of a man full of contradictions.
Jul 21, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte
Why Trump 2.0 Would Be Much Worse Why Trump 2.0 Would Be Much Worse
The GOP wants to turn the president into an autocrat.
Jul 21, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Even as the Oppenheimer Film Rights a Historic Wrong, the Memo That Smeared Him Remains Redacted Even as the Oppenheimer Film Rights a Historic Wrong, the Memo That Smeared Him Remains Redacted
The physicist was punished for opposing development of the hydrogen bomb, and for warning about the dangers of nuclear proliferation.
Jul 21, 2023 / Peter Shinkle
“Bidenomics” vs. “Reaganomics” “Bidenomics” vs. “Reaganomics”
What will it take for Biden’s economic agenda to transform the political landscape the way to Reagan’s did?
Jul 21, 2023 / Mike Konczal
Hollywood’s Robot Overlords Hollywood’s Robot Overlords
The tech-driven takeover of the film industry aims at squeezing maximum profit out of art, draining it of all its humanity in the process.
Jul 21, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
The Anti-Trans Crusade Comes to New Jersey The Anti-Trans Crusade Comes to New Jersey
I returned to my New Jersey middle school to watch the school board support a dangerous anti-trans policy.
Jul 21, 2023 / Sarah Baum
Maternal Mortality Is Rising, and Pro-Lifers Don’t Care Maternal Mortality Is Rising, and Pro-Lifers Don’t Care
Abortion opponents expect all pregnancies to be carried to term. But they won't lift a finger to help mothers.
Jul 21, 2023 / Column / Katha Pollitt