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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Delivers a Lesson in Decency
The language of the U.S. Congress is rarely vivid. In calling a colleague to account on Thursday, the first-term Democrat provided a rare exception.
Trump’s Mental Health Is a Test for America
Why does the President want to raise the issue of his own cognitive capacity in the midst of a campaign he is already losing?
Trump’s Fake Solution to the Fake Crisis in Portland
Federal agents dressed as soldiers have only rejuvenated demonstrations for Black lives.
The Long Game of Coronavirus Research
Warp-speed vaccine trials grab our attention, but more deliberate work is just as urgent.
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The Racism Problem of J.F.K.’s “Profiles in Courage”
Kennedy defined courage in a U.S. senator as a willingness to take an unpopular stand in service of a larger, higher cause. But what cause?
The Picnic Baskets of the Pandemic
Bubby’s craggy fried chicken, Café Kitsuné’s frilly ham and Gruyère on baguettes, Otaku Katsu’s sando set, and more blanket-ready fare.
Jamaica’s Risky Reopening to Tourism
Opening its borders to American tourists puts the country’s population at risk.
How a Star Professor Built a Distance-Learning Empire
David Malan, of the hit class CS50, was working to perfect online teaching long before the pandemic. Is his method a model for the future of higher education?
Thomas Chatterton Williams on Race and “Cancel Culture”
The writer discusses what the Harper’s letter aimed to accomplish, his concerns about Black Lives Matter, Twitter, and the media’s focus on COVID-19 mortality rates among people of color.
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America Is a Country Besieged by Its Own President
By sending in federal agents to snatch protesters from the streets, Donald Trump is stretching the powers of the Presidency to foment civil strife and distract attention from his pandemic failures.
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Memo to the Staff of This Paint-and-Sip Establishment
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Radical Imagination: Tracy K. Smith, Marilyn Nelson, and Terrance Hayes on Poetry in Our Times
In a special episode of the Poetry Podcast, Tracy K. Smith, Marilyn Nelson, and Terrance Hayes join Kevin Young to read their work, and to discuss its relationship to protest and liberation.
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Eye-Catching Art for an Unprecedented Summer, in “Monuments Now”
The outdoor exhibition at Socrates Sculpture Park includes Jeffrey Gibson’s kaleidoscopic ziggurat “Because Once You Enter My House, It Becomes Our House,” performances by indigenous American artists, and more.
From 2014: The Rise and Fall of Cesar Chavez
How the labor leader disserved his dream.
From 1967: Columbia’s Overdue Apology to Langston Hughes
Seven months after the death of the Black writer, Professor James P. Shenton acknowledged at a memorial, “For a while, there lived a poet down the street from Columbia, and Columbia never took the time to find out what he was about.”
From 1948: “The Lottery”
“The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.”
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A Couple Faces the Questions Posed by Male Infertility
As a couple grappling with infertility considers adoption and sperm donation, they grieve their loss and reconsider the meaning of family and legacy.
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Chance the Rapper’s Art and Activism, and the Perils of Prison Reform
David Remnick talks with the hip-hop star about political change at the local and national levels. And two prison abolitionists talk about reforms that may do as much harm as good.
