The Best Albums of 2022 The Best Albums of 2022
David Hajdu’s favorite albums encompass everything from Bad Bunny to English metal to Afrobeat.
Dec 29, 2022 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
The January 6 Committee Dropped the Ball When It Failed to Call for Abolition of the Electoral College The January 6 Committee Dropped the Ball When It Failed to Call for Abolition of the Electoral College
Abolishing the Electoral College could eliminate future threats to American democracy and ensure that future elections are decided by the popular will of the people.
Dec 28, 2022 / John Nichols
Stand With Iranian Women Stand With Iranian Women
Iran Revolution Rally, organized by the Iranian diaspora in New York, the women’s movement of Iran, and Women Life Freedom, NYC.
Dec 28, 2022 / OppArt / Diana Dimon Apfelbacher
The Faith of Halldór Laxness The Faith of Halldór Laxness
Salka Valka, the first novel written after the Nobel Prize winner’s apparent loss of faith, betrays an ongoing religious aesthetic.
Dec 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jack Hanson
The Supreme Court Orders Title 42 to Remain in Place—but Biden Can Still Act The Supreme Court Orders Title 42 to Remain in Place—but Biden Can Still Act
The president has failed asylum seekers—and jeopardized our commitment to justice—by refusing to implement safe and welcoming processes.
Dec 28, 2022 / Olivia M. Peña and Jennifer Nagda
The “Faces” of Black Conservatism Tell Us Everything—About the GOP The “Faces” of Black Conservatism Tell Us Everything—About the GOP
Republicans’ embrace of Kanye West and Herschel Walker says more about how the GOP thinks about Black people than it does about Black conservatism in America.
Dec 28, 2022 / Column / Elie Mystal
Rachel Aviv’s Report From Psychiatry’s Gray Zones Rachel Aviv’s Report From Psychiatry’s Gray Zones
Her debut, Strangers to Ourselves, asks: Who shapes the story of someone's illness?
Dec 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano
Jerzy Skolimowski’s Wild and Kinetic EO Jerzy Skolimowski’s Wild and Kinetic EO
If Au Hasard Balthazar is austere and precise, EO is excessive and elusive.
Dec 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman
What I Learned From the Darkest Corners of the Internet What I Learned From the Darkest Corners of the Internet
There’s no path out of our strange, increasingly conspiratorial moment, filled with viral lies and rampant disinformation, without rewriting the algorithms governing our lives.
Dec 27, 2022 / Andy Kroll
Brittney Griner Faced Brutal Conditions in Jail—but So Did Viktor Bout Brittney Griner Faced Brutal Conditions in Jail—but So Did Viktor Bout
Amid all the reporting on the Griner-Bout prison swap, almost no one thought to cover what Bout experienced during his 12 years of US imprisonment.
Dec 27, 2022 / Aviva Stahl and Jeanne Theoharis