Joan Didion’s California Joan Didion’s California
How the splendor and chaos of the Golden State explains the writer’s vision of the world
Dec 29, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Emma Hager
Say Their Names Say Their Names
Sidewalk, Broadway / W. 96th St.
Dec 29, 2021 / OppArt / Anonymous and Steve Brodner
Let’s Talk About How the Media Covers Gaza Let’s Talk About How the Media Covers Gaza
A conversation with Gaza-based journalist Maram Humaid about the media’s love of misery, disdain for nuance, and distrust of local sources.
Dec 29, 2021 / Q&A / Mohammed El-Kurd
The Fierce Love of the Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis The Fierce Love of the Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis
Middle Collegiate Church burned down, but its senior minister says the global response showed how “the theory of fierce love is actually practiced in real life.”
Dec 29, 2021 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
Where Are Black Parents’ Voices on Critical Race Theory? Where Are Black Parents’ Voices on Critical Race Theory?
Black parents overwhelmingly support teaching about race and racism in school. Why aren’t we hearing from them?
Dec 29, 2021 / Column / Kali Holloway
For Afghanistan, 2021 Brought an End to One Horror—and the Beginning of Another For Afghanistan, 2021 Brought an End to One Horror—and the Beginning of Another
Since the West abandoned Afghanistan, the violence of the occupation has ended but hunger and the cruelties of the Taliban have taken its place.
Dec 29, 2021 / Ali M. Latifi
The Ardor of “Licorice Pizza” The Ardor of “Licorice Pizza”
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film is his most personal work yet.
Dec 29, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi
Daunte Wright’s Family Gets Accountability, if Not Justice Daunte Wright’s Family Gets Accountability, if Not Justice
The jury’s Christmas Eve verdict that veteran office Kim Potter was guilty of manslaughter is “a critical step on the road to justice.”
Dec 28, 2021 / Ibrahim Hirsi
Intelligence, Artificial and Otherwise: Our Ruling Class Intelligence, Artificial and Otherwise: Our Ruling Class
With Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Dec 28, 2021 / Doug Henwood
How Canceling Student Loan Debt Would Be Strategically Smart for Biden How Canceling Student Loan Debt Would Be Strategically Smart for Biden
The country desperately needs relief, and the president needs a political win.
Dec 28, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel