We Like the Idea of Asylum Seekers, but Not the Real Thing We Like the Idea of Asylum Seekers, but Not the Real Thing
The 12-foot-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee has been welcomed in New York and around the world. Real refugees? Not so much.
Sep 28, 2022 / Helen Benedict
Who Owns the Internet? Who Owns the Internet?
Ben Tarnoff's history of networked life and the rise of a corporate-controlled web doubles as a polemic, arguing for a people-first Internet.
Sep 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Evan Malmgren
“Art as Solidarity” and Little Amal “Art as Solidarity” and Little Amal
Little Amal visited Andrea Arroyo’s exhibition “Art as Solidarity,” which is on view on the facade of the United Palace in Upper Manhattan.
Sep 27, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Hua Hsu’s Lesson in Friendship Hua Hsu’s Lesson in Friendship
His memoir Stay True is a moving portrait of friends, death, doubt, and everything in between.
Sep 27, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Rosemarie Ho
Letters: Shinzo Abe’s Legacy Letters: Shinzo Abe’s Legacy
Readers offer further insights on the former Japanese prime minister's vexed relationship with history.
Sep 27, 2022 / Our Readers
NPR’s Nina Totenberg, Friend of the Reactionary Court NPR’s Nina Totenberg, Friend of the Reactionary Court
How the supposedly liberal media protected a right-wing Supreme Court.
Sep 26, 2022 / Jeet Heer
The Searching Poetry of Safia Elhillo The Searching Poetry of Safia Elhillo
Her two poetry collections are rich with images of homeland, movement, history, and the future.
Sep 26, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Yasmine Seale
David Leonhardt’s Centrist Nostalgia Won’t Save Democracy David Leonhardt’s Centrist Nostalgia Won’t Save Democracy
Jim Crow wasn’t an exception—but a model for the future.
Sep 23, 2022 / Jeet Heer
A Poet Confronts the Violent History of El Salvador A Poet Confronts the Violent History of El Salvador
Christopher Soto’s Diaries of a Terrorist grapples with the the security ideology that shapes the Americas through poems that explore activism and resistance.
Sep 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Danielle Mackey
Remembering Ying Lee Remembering Ying Lee
Looking back at the life of a trailblazing activist and Berkeley’s first Asian American city council member.
Sep 21, 2022 / David Bacon