Nocturne Nocturne
When at a loss for words—during, perhaps, a time of want or desire, when one’s body is overwhelmed by light, as if by the effect of Ketamine or MDMA, when overwhelmed by the weigh…
Jun 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kwame Opoku-Duku
Election Night at the Trump White House Election Night at the Trump White House
’Twas said that finding wise advice Was something Donald Trump had mastered. So who’d he listen to that night? Just Rudy Giuliani, plastered.
Jun 28, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Right-Wing Supreme Court’s Next Targets The Right-Wing Supreme Court’s Next Targets
The people who tore down Roe are just getting started.
Jun 27, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Fernanda Melchor’s Dark Morality Plays Fernanda Melchor’s Dark Morality Plays
In her third novel, Melchor turns her allegorical powers in an even more explicitly political direction.
Jun 27, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Nicolás Medina Mora
How Gayness Changed During My Lifetime How Gayness Changed During My Lifetime
When I came out, I steeled myself to join a minority—only to find that my identity had become a marketing niche.
Jun 27, 2022 / Feature / Benjamin Moser
A Staggering Story of Palestinian Exile A Staggering Story of Palestinian Exile
Mona Mansour’s The Vagrant Trilogy is the Public Theater’s first full-length, main-stage production to address the aftermath of the Nakba.
Jun 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
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N In America, the land is a ghost of the land In America, the land is the land of the ghost In America, the land of the ghost in the land In America, the land is…
Jun 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
Hate Is Not Welcome Here Hate Is Not Welcome Here
Street mural in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Jun 22, 2022 / OppArt / Efdot and Peter Kuper
What Do We Do About the Davos Class? What Do We Do About the Davos Class?
Peter S. Goodman dissects the morally bankrupt philosophy of the global financial elite in Davos Man, offering a damning picture of the wealthy's influence on world politics.
Jun 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Nick Serpe