Silver Lining Silver Lining
The market is hitting record highs, even as the virus surges and millions go hungry. —The Washington Post Though others have suffered, the Wall Street guys got The bull-market prof…
Jan 12, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
In the Epoch of Bronze In the Epoch of Bronze
We make the time pass. See, the devices laid out on the long tables, such ingenuity. This is the wave offering, this the heave offering. Waves of earth passing over you, into histo…
Jan 12, 2021 / Books & the Arts / G.C. Waldrep
The Hidden Workers of Silicon Valley The Hidden Workers of Silicon Valley
Moira Weigel and Ben Tarnoff’s Voices From the Valley examines how the tech world has redefined our understanding work.
Jan 12, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Clio Chang
Life Preserver Life Preserver
It’s not pointless to love, finally. Just like training snakes, it calls for a refined technique and losing our shame of performing in front of the world in loincloths. And nerves…
Jan 12, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Javier Velaza
Biden Should Do What Trump Never Could: End America’s Forever Wars Biden Should Do What Trump Never Could: End America’s Forever Wars
As we near 20 years of the War on Terror, it’s time for Biden to make good on his promise to end America’s failed military crusades.
Jan 11, 2021 / Nick Turse
No, We Do Not Need New Anti-Terrorism Laws to Combat Right-Wing Extremists No, We Do Not Need New Anti-Terrorism Laws to Combat Right-Wing Extremists
In the wake of the storming of the Capitol, many people have begun calling to expand the War on Terror. This would be a grave error.
Jan 11, 2021 / Moustafa Bayoumi
Military in the Capitol Insurrection Should Face Courts-Martial Military in the Capitol Insurrection Should Face Courts-Martial
Involvement of current and former troops in a failed putsch strikes at the heart of democracy. The response can’t be left to law enforcement alone.
Jan 11, 2021 / Jeet Heer
The GOP’s Moral Gap The GOP’s Moral Gap
Increase stimulus? No. Tax breaks for the wealthy? AOK.
Jan 11, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Rev. Raphael Warnock’s Bend-the-Arc Faith Is Precisely What the Senate Needs Rev. Raphael Warnock’s Bend-the-Arc Faith Is Precisely What the Senate Needs
A historic Senate runoff victory in Georgia has given America a measure of progress that should be cherished and built upon.
Jan 11, 2021 / John Nichols
The Rise and Fall of the ‘Steele Dossier’ The Rise and Fall of the ‘Steele Dossier’
A case study in mass hysteria and media credulity.
Jan 11, 2021 / Aaron Maté