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Back to SearchA Historical Epic of the Chinese in America
In recent years, there’s been a stark uptick in the level of violence and hate crimes that Asian Americans have experienced, but the “precarity of th…
1 year ago
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”
As Donald Trump continues to launch unprecedented and innovative attacks on immigrants, civic institutions, and the rule of law, the Democratic respo…
1 year ago
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game
In the past few years, the comedian Nikki Glaser has breathed new life into the well-worn comedic form of the roast. Last year, she performed a roast…
1 year, 1 month ago
How Science Fiction Led Elon Musk to DOGE
Elon Musk, who’s chainsawing the federal government, is not merely a chaos agent, as he is sometimes described. Jill Lepore, the best-selling author …
1 year, 1 month ago
Ryan Coogler on “Sinners”
Ryan Coogler began his career in film as a realist with “Fruitvale Station,” which tells the story of a true-to-life tragedy about a police killing i…
1 year, 1 month ago
Will the Supreme Court Yield to Donald Trump?
Ruth Marcus resigned from the Washington Post after its C.E.O. killed an editorial she wrote that was critical of the paper’s owner, Jeff Bezos. She …
1 year, 1 month ago
The Writer Katie Kitamura on Autonomy, Interpretation, and “Audition”
Katie Kitamura’s fifth novel is “Audition,” and it focusses on a middle-aged actress and her ambiguous relationship with a much younger man. Kitamura…
1 year, 1 month ago
Why the Tech Giant Nvidia May Own the Future. Plus, Joshua Rothman on Taking A.I Seriously
The microchip maker Nvidia is a Silicon Valley colossus. After years as a runner-up to Intel and Qualcomm, Nvidia has all but cornered the market on …
1 year, 1 month ago
Elaine Pagels on the Mysteries of Jesus
Thirty years ago, David Remnick published “The Devil Problem,” a profile of the religion professor Elaine Pagels—a scholar of early Christianity who …
1 year, 1 month ago
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”
With congressional Republicans unwilling to put any checks on an Administration breaking norms and issuing illegal orders, the focus has shifted to t…
1 year, 1 month ago