Profiles
The Man Who Stood Up to Trump
By William Finnegan
Most politicians know Jorge Ramos as the gateway to the Latino vote. Trump told him to “go back to Univision.”
News
A Reporter at Large
A Father’s Fight to Stop the Cycle of Violence
By Jennifer Gonnerman
After his daughter was murdered, Taylonn Murphy channelled his grief into stopping a feud in public-housing projects in Harlem.
News Desk
Russia Punishes a “Spy”
By Masha Gessen
A recent conviction is also an experiment in whether the government can control its subjects through dread.
Comment
The Contradiction of Carly Fiorina
By Amy Davidson
The risks of promoting Fiorina as the anti-Trump.
The Sporting Scene
An Antique Sport
By David Shaftel
There are not many women who play real tennis, the ancestor of the modern game, and none who can compete with Claire Fahey.
News Desk
Cap-and-Trade Partners
By Elizabeth Kolbert
The leader of China announced that his government was adopting a market-based approach to curbing carbon emissions. It was hard to avoid the irony.
Spotlight
A Reporter at Large
Solving the Mystery of the Lockerbie Bombing
By Patrick Radden Keefe
A victim’s brother travelled to war-torn Libya to track down terrorists and crack the case.
News Desk
“We Shall Not Be Moved”
By Eve L. Ewing
Chicago’s rationale for school closures fails to account for the city’s history of segregation and its public-housing system.
News Desk
The Pope’s Favorite American Radicals
By Virginia Cannon
Francis’s choice to praise Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton may be due to his fondness for complicated people who have lived life raw.
Letter from Charleston
After Charleston
By David Remnick
Recovery and resistance since the Emanuel Nine.
Podcasts
The Legacy of Lockerbie
Patrick Radden Keefe joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the Lockerbie bombing and the history of Libyan terrorism against the U.S.
The News in Cartoons
“My opponent hasn’t answered one of my e-mails.”
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