Mythili Rao appears in the following:
Voter Fraud: A Threat to Democracy, or a Myth?
Friday, November 03, 2017
Research shows that voter fraud barely exists in contemporary voting. But, for some, it’s a threat to democracy that must be stopped at all costs.
Jennifer Egan on Cops and Mobsters
Friday, October 06, 2017
The innovative Jennifer Egan tries something new: an old-fashioned story, complete with mobsters.
Why Don’t Bankers Go to Jail?
Friday, September 29, 2017
A crime reporter and a business writer compare notes on why financial crime doesn’t get prosecuted more aggressively.
Newly-Discovered Work Brings Mark Twain Into the 21st Century
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
A previously undiscovered work by Mark Twain is out today and its adapters' decision to change the race of the main character has drawn objections from several scholars.
Rocket Man and a Barking Dog Talk War
Friday, September 22, 2017
The growing tensions between the U.S. and North Korea make war sound inevitable, but Evan Osnos says that in spite of appearances, neither country has an appetite for war.
Long a Bastion of Free Speech, U.C. Berkeley’s Commitment Is Tested
Friday, September 08, 2017
In the wake of Charlottesville, tension is high at U.C. Berkeley when skilled provocateurs on the right are invited to the left-leaning campus.
Can the First Amendment and the Second Amendment Coexist?
Friday, September 08, 2017
Legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick on the unresolved clash between the First Amendment and the Second.
George Strait, on the Record with Kelefa Sanneh
Friday, July 28, 2017
George Strait has so many No. 1 hits that he can’t play them all in a single show. Will he make more?
Maggie Haberman: Gang War in the White House
Friday, July 21, 2017
Maggie Haberman covered Donald Trump years ago for the New York tabloids. Now she has a front-row seat in the White House.
Etgar Keret’s Second Musical
Friday, July 14, 2017
Etgar Keret has avoided musicals for decades, but he saw the light of “Groundhog Day.”
An Architect of Obamacare Keeps Fighting the Fight
Friday, July 14, 2017
Ezekiel Emanuel advised the Obama Administration on the A.C.A. Now he’s meeting with a new White House, to try to keep health as the focus of a new health-care bill.
The Chinese View of Trump
Friday, June 23, 2017
The journalist Zhang Yuanan explains how the Chinese public sees the Trump Administration.
Trade with China Is a Two-Way Street
Friday, June 23, 2017
Congressman Rick Larsen has been working for years on trade issues involving China. After the collapse of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, he laments the lost business opportunities.
Negotiating with North Korea
Friday, June 09, 2017
An expert on North Korea thinks that the Trump Administration’s response to Pyongyang’s aggression is “not yet coherent.”
Should Psychiatrists Diagnose Trump?
Friday, June 02, 2017
Psychiatry’s professional code forbids the diagnosis of public figures (like Presidents) from afar. Some doctors would like to scrap that rule.
Paul Theroux’s Darkest Travel Book Is Set at Home
Friday, June 02, 2017
In “Mother Land,” the travel writer Paul Theroux describes a small nation under despotic rule: his family.
The Reverend William Barber: Politics Needs Religion
Friday, June 02, 2017
William J. Barber II, a pastor and political activist, wants our politics to get religion again. But conservative Christians, he thinks, are deeply confused about Christ’s teachings.
In the Near Future, Environmental Regulation Leads to All-Out War
Friday, May 26, 2017
Omar El Akkad’s new novel plots a very bleak trajectory for the path our nation is on: civil war.
Sarah Larson Finds Hope in Vintage
Friday, May 12, 2017
Three pop-culture gems from the nineteen-seventies and eighties to help you recover from news overload.
