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June 20, 2022
Magazine
Joanna Scutts
The End of the Art-Baby Problem
In the lives of women from Alice Neel to Ursula Le Guin, motherhood was entwined with a quest to make art.
June 15, 2022
Magazine
Ed Burmila
Is the Neoliberal Era Over Yet?
The current political order may have proven a failure. But neither party has presented an alternative yet.
June 14, 2022
Magazine
Benjamin Kunkel
Stewart Brand Saw the Future
In his journey from hippie sage to global business consultant, the Whole Earth Catalog founder embodied the shifting spirit of Silicon Valley.
June 9, 2022
Magazine
Jake Bittle
America’s Gun Control Gridlock
Crisis at the NRA should have been a gift for gun control advocates. What went wrong?
June 8, 2022
Samuel Clowes Huneke
The Slow Advance of LGBTQ Rights in Washington, D.C.
James Kirchick’s “Secret City” focuses not on the public work of activists, but on the presence of gay men and lesbians within government—many of them conservatives.
June 2, 2022
Magazine
Ryu Spaeth
Werner Herzog Tests Himself Against the Wilderness
“The Twilight World” is the summation of a lifelong obsession with chaos, hostility, and meaninglessness.
May 31, 2022
Scott W. Stern
DDT Is Still With Us, 50 Years Since It Was Banned
Scientists have found toxic levels of the chemical at large. And some groups are making the case to produce even more.
May 27, 2022
Anna Altman
The German Fortunes Built on Nazi Plunder
Germany has never fully reckoned with the Nazi connections of some of its wealthiest families.
May 23, 2022
Sophie Haigney
Elif Batuman’s Experiment With Eventfulness
How much has to happen in a novel?
May 20, 2022
Mary L. Trump
Mark Esper’s Fascinating Revelations Would Have Been Far More So in Real Time
If he and John Bolton and Bill Barr and all the other “adults in the room” had spoken up when it mattered, history could be different.
May 20, 2022
Priya Satia
Would These Undelivered Speeches Really Have Changed History?
At a time of upheaval, we want to believe that better leaders have the power to change the course of history. But counterfactuals are never simple.
May 17, 2022
Andre Pagliarini
How Ian Bremmer Cultivates an Air of Expertise
His book on global crisis is less interested in plausible solutions than projecting a sheen of authority.
May 16, 2022
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Alex Pareene
The Disastrous Legacy of the New Democrats
Clintonites taught their party how to talk about helping people without actually doing it.
May 13, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Dumb Reason a Book-Banning Republican Senator Got a Major Publishing Award
The Association of American Publishers awarded Republican Senator Thom Tillis for his work on copyright.
May 12, 2022
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Lidija Haas
In
Happening
, Unwanted Pregnancy Derails a Life
Audrey Diwan’s film recreates a woman’s isolating, wrenching efforts to get an abortion in France in the 1960s.
May 11, 2022
Magazine
Kim Phillips-Fein
The World That Venture Capital Made
Do the financiers deserve the credit for Silicon Valley’s success?
May 6, 2022
Magazine
Ankush Khardori
A Shipwreck, an Insurance Scam, and a Murderous Cover-Up
The suspicious death of a marine surveyor illuminates flows of illicit money in the global economy.
May 5, 2022
Rafia Zakaria
Pankaj Mishra Counts the Costs of Success
The three self-made men in his new novel, “Run and Hide,” struggle for authenticity in a world of new money.
May 3, 2022
Michael Friedrich
The Unraveling of SST Records
Jim Ruland’s book on the legendary punk label helps explain why we lack a meaningful counterculture today.
April 28, 2022
Melody Schreiber
Work Isn’t the Enemy of Good Parenting
Lara Bazelon’s book argues that children benefit from seeing their mothers pursue careers.
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