Kanye the Careerist Kanye the Careerist
A three-part Netflix documentary on the rapper’s rise unintentionally shows the depths of West’s cynicism.
Mar 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Coley
A Last Gift of Love: One Way to Switzerland, Business Class A Last Gift of Love: One Way to Switzerland, Business Class
In America, we allow our pets more dignity in death than we allow people.
Mar 25, 2022 / Jack Willis and Mary Pleshette Willis
Meet the Countess With a Hole in Her Head Meet the Countess With a Hole in Her Head
Amanda Feilding may be an eccentric British aristocrat. But she deserves full credit for funding significant research into psychedelics long before it was either cool or respectabl...
Mar 24, 2022 / Zoe Cormier
Reefer Reparations in the New New Amsterdam Reefer Reparations in the New New Amsterdam
Marijuana legalization in California saw the market dominated by corporations and bureaucracy. New York State’s focus on equity offers the possibility of another way.
Mar 24, 2022 / Tom Gogola
The Dark History of Colonia Dignidad The Dark History of Colonia Dignidad
The Netflix series A Sinister Sect examines not only the history of a German community led by a Nazi in Chile but also the relationship between Latin American governments and ...
Mar 24, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans
A Mirror on Every Wall—and a Microphone Behind Every Mirror A Mirror on Every Wall—and a Microphone Behind Every Mirror
The work of belonging is never done.
Mar 24, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich
Big Oil in the Mackinac Straits Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen Big Oil in the Mackinac Straits Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
And recognizing Native American sovereignty—giving the tribes sworn to protect the waters a place in the negotiations determining their fate—is the best way to prevent it.
Mar 23, 2022 / Hadassah GreenSky
The Patience “Euphoria” Demands The Patience “Euphoria” Demands
While the HBO show is polarizing and easy to critique, it still manages to expand the genre of teen drama.
Mar 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
What Will It Take to Achieve Workplace Equality? What Will It Take to Achieve Workplace Equality?
A new history examines the gains won by women in white-collar work. But without mass action and solidarity, women’s economic equality will continue to be transitory and fragile.
Mar 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Bryce Covert
The Secret Black History of LSD The Secret Black History of LSD
Research on psychedelics, then and now, has been riddled with medical racism and exclusion. But that hasn’t stopped Black people from finding creativity and solace through such dru...
Mar 22, 2022 / Feature / Kali Holloway