Why Jason Collins Is More Roger Bannister Than Jackie Robinson Why Jason Collins Is More Roger Bannister Than Jackie Robinson
By coming out of the closet as an active, male pro athlete, Jason Collins has redefined the possible.
May 1, 2013 / Dave Zirin
With Friends Like These: On Pakistan With Friends Like These: On Pakistan
Ahmed Rashid’s gloomy, essential account of the divisive US-Pakistan alliance.
Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Christian Parenti
Post-White? On ‘Blues for Smoke’ Post-White? On ‘Blues for Smoke’
The Whitney’s adventurous, awkward attempt to explore abstract art through the blues.
Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Nikolai Leskov’s The Enchanted Wandered and Other Stories; Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself...
Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Alexandra Schwartz
A Professional Victim: On Ira B. Arnstein A Professional Victim: On Ira B. Arnstein
How music plagiarism ruined a composer’s career and literally drove him mad.
Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain
How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank
Battalions of regulatory lawyers burrowed deep in the federal bureaucracy to foil reform.
Apr 30, 2013 / Feature / Gary Rivlin
Turning Point for Britain’s Labour Party Turning Point for Britain’s Labour Party
Jon Cruddas, who’s now leading a comprehensive policy review, says he wants to renew the party’s roots in English radicalism.
Apr 30, 2013 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
Times Square Blues Times Square Blues
A visit to a forlorn sex shop inspires meditation on the diverse meanings of solidarity, mutuality and community.
Apr 30, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Penzance Penzance
What if only your rich friends are beautiful? What if only they have exotic varieties of hydrangeas? It’s so quiet you can hear a Prius A cup of tea with a gauzy helix of steam above it Floppy hats, identical bags in several colors Somali brownish gray maxi dresses with shadows in folds instead of patterns Bees drop onto inconspicuous green flowers Giraffe markings tattooed on a shoulder I’ve seen that expression before It doesn’t take long for it to decide to flee
Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joel Sloman
Letters Letters
Korea seen clearly, the poop on the pipeline, a blast of fresh arctic air, Jared Diamond, Anthony Lewis again
Apr 30, 2013 / Our Readers and Stephen Wertheim