Satire Now Dead in the Age of Trump Satire Now Dead in the Age of Trump
Telling it straight is already crazy.
Jun 19, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
It’s Time for Americans to Reckon With the True History of Racial Oppression in This Country It’s Time for Americans to Reckon With the True History of Racial Oppression in This Country
In “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America,” Jeffery Robinson aims to help us do just that.
Jun 11, 2018 / Collier Meyerson
‘Call Me a Refugee, Not an Immigrant’: Viet Thanh Nguyen ‘Call Me a Refugee, Not an Immigrant’: Viet Thanh Nguyen
The novelist on refugee literature and the concept of the “genius.”
Jun 11, 2018 / Jon Wiener
Ira Berlin, 1941–2018 Ira Berlin, 1941–2018
Remembering a man who transformed scholarship on slavery and African-American culture.
Jun 8, 2018 / Eric Foner
Kanye’s Discontents Kanye’s Discontents
At his best, Kanye West could be something of a Walt Whitman with Pro Tools. His new album, Ye, sadly feels like something halted in mid-sentence.
Jun 8, 2018 / David Hajdu
Political Horticulture Political Horticulture
Since one of his administration’s features Is quite a large supply of swamp-like creatures, Perhaps he thinks he’ll make this swamp a garden By offering each miscreant a pardon. T…
Jun 7, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
James Baldwin, Robert Penn Warren, and the Politics of Southern Multiculturalism James Baldwin, Robert Penn Warren, and the Politics of Southern Multiculturalism
The search for cultural diversity and social equality.
Jun 7, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
I Think My Friend Is a Jordan Peterson Fan. What Should I Do? I Think My Friend Is a Jordan Peterson Fan. What Should I Do?
Another reader asks if it’s ethical to help an advertising firm understand “modern retirement.”
Jun 7, 2018 / Liza Featherstone
The Long Road to ‘Citizens United’ The Long Road to ‘Citizens United’
Adam Winkler's new history argues that the problem with Citizens United is its inability to see the distorting effects of concentrated wealth.
Jun 6, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David Cole