The Age-Old Struggle of Translating Catullus The Age-Old Struggle of Translating Catullus
A crisp new rendering of the Roman poet’s poems underlines how difficult it is to fully relate all his complexities and contradictions.
Oct 3, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Nicolas Liney
Tim Walz’s Long Game Will Pay Off Tim Walz’s Long Game Will Pay Off
JD Vance is a skillful liar, but the vice-presidential debate produced enough bad clips to damage Trump’s campaign.
Oct 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento’s Endless Reinventions Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento’s Endless Reinventions
In a collaborative work, the two artists find a fusion of old and new that charts a path forward for jazz and pop’s future.
Oct 2, 2024 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
The Story of Sakinah Ahad Shannon, an Early Hero of Abortion Liberation The Story of Sakinah Ahad Shannon, an Early Hero of Abortion Liberation
Sakinah discovered Chicago’s Abortion Counseling Service, better known as Jane, because she wanted to help a friend. Then she became an essential part of it.
Oct 1, 2024 / Feature / Renee Bracey Sherman and Regina Mahone
Alice Notley’s Roving “I” Alice Notley’s Roving “I”
In Being Reflected Upon, a memoir in verse, the poet moves through the moments of her life with an almost cosmic sense of knowingness.
Oct 1, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kathryn Scanlan
How Kris Kristofferson Beat the Devil How Kris Kristofferson Beat the Devil
The country singer and actor has died at 88. His hard-won political commitments were fundamental to his closely observed, heartfelt writing.
Oct 1, 2024 / Obituary / Chris Lehmann
JD Vance Is Working Hard to Be Hated JD Vance Is Working Hard to Be Hated
For the Republican candidate, riling up the right-wing base outweighs alienating everyone else.
Sep 30, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Want to Build Worker Power? Ask an Architect. Want to Build Worker Power? Ask an Architect.
You don’t have to wield a T-square to benefit from the field’s first collective bargaining agreement in decades.
Sep 30, 2024 / Column / Kate Wagner
The Scopes Trial and the Two Visions of US Democracy The Scopes Trial and the Two Visions of US Democracy
A new history revisits “the Trial of the Century” and its legacy in contemporary politics.
Sep 30, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
Mary Sully’s Astonishing Art Pictures American History Through Indigenous Eyes Mary Sully’s Astonishing Art Pictures American History Through Indigenous Eyes
A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum reveals how deeply embedded a Native woman’s perspective on our culture might be.
Sep 27, 2024 / Feature / Elizabeth Pochoda