David Remnick appears in the following:
“Fire in Little Africa,” A Rap Album about a Historical Tragedy
Friday, May 14, 2021
A rapper wants to put Tulsa on the map. Along the way, he has to address a historical tragedy: the Tulsa massacre of 1921. Plus, four staff writers on Joe Biden’s Rooseveltian ambitions.
The Post-Pandemic Dress Code, Plus Hilton Als on Alice Neel
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The scholar Richard Thompson Ford argues that the symbolic value of what we wear should never be underestimated. Plus, the celebrated critic on a long-ignored painter.
Atul Gawande and Siddhartha Mukherjee on the State of the Pandemic
Friday, May 07, 2021
With a hundred million Americans vaccinated, the nation is at a turning point, while India and other nations are overwhelmed by yet another devastating wave.
The Post-Pandemic Dress Code
Friday, May 07, 2021
A scholar on the symbolic value of business casual. Plus, Atul Gawande on the state of COVID-19, and Hilton Als on the portraits of Alice Neel.
Three Women Who Changed the World
Tuesday, May 04, 2021
The story of three small-town neighbors who fought for both abolition and women’s rights in the nineteenth century—a time when women weren’t supposed to fight for anything.
Are U.F.O.s a National Security Threat?
Friday, April 30, 2021
After more than seventy years, the government is publicly acknowledging that mysterious sightings cannot simply be dismissed. Gideon Lewis-Kraus explains what’s changed, and why.
Are U.F.O.s a National Security Threat?
Friday, April 30, 2021
After more than seventy years, the government is publicly acknowledging that mysterious sightings can no longer be dismissed. Plus, Dorothy Wickenden on three revolutionary women.
A Surge at the Border, and the Children of Morelia
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Nearly a century ago, hundreds of children were sent from war-torn Spain to a Mexican orphanage. The granddaughter of one of those children tells her story.
Jelani Cobb on Derek Chauvin’s Conviction and the Future of Police Reform
Friday, April 23, 2021
The staff writer, who covered George Floyd’s killing and the protests that followed, on whether the verdict will lead to greater police accountability.
The Children of Morelia
Friday, April 23, 2021
Nearly a century ago, five hundred Spanish children were sent away from violence and hunger for a new life in Mexico. Plus, Jelani Cobb on the conviction of Derek Chauvin.
What Is Happening in the Internment Camps in Xinjiang
Friday, April 16, 2021
The largest civilian internment since the Holocaust is taking place in China, where Muslim ethnic minorities have been rounded up in vast numbers. What can the world do about it?
What Is Happening in the Internment Camps in Xinjiang
Friday, April 16, 2021
The largest civilian internment since the Holocaust is taking place in China, where Muslim ethnic minorities have been rounded up in vast numbers. What can the world do about it?
Rickie Lee Jones’s Life on the Road
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
The pop star’s new memoir explores the joys and the chaos of a life of travelling, which started when she was not far into her teens. She reads as a modern Huck Finn.
The Brody Awards, and Louis Menand on “The Free World”
Friday, April 09, 2021
A New Yorker critic awards the best films of 2020, according to him. Plus, the cultural historian talks about America’s postwar flowering.
Rickie Lee Jones on the Road
Friday, April 09, 2021
The songwriter talks about her chaotic early life and her inability to settle down. Plus, in our annual tradition, the critic Richard Brody gives out his own slate of film awards.
David Fincher on “Mank,” and Daniel Alarcón’s Favorite Children’s Books
Tuesday, April 06, 2021
The director talks about his new film—written by his late father, Jack Fincher—and the eternal struggle of screenwriters and directors.
Race and Taxes, and Jane Mayer on How to Kill a Bill
Friday, April 02, 2021
A leaked recording captures conservatives planning how to defeat the voting-rights bill H.R. 1. And a tax lawyer explains how the race-blind tax code compounds America’s inequalities.
Race and Taxes, and Jane Mayer on How to Kill a Bill
Friday, April 02, 2021
A professor of tax law uncovers discrimination hidden in America’s tax code. Plus: a leaked recording shows how conservatives aim to defeat the voting rights bill H.R. 1.
The Complex Story of Being Trans in Africa, and Derek DelGaudio on Deception
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
A South African scholar dismantles the viewpoints of trans-exclusionary radical feminists, and a magician disentangles truth from illusion.
Will the Most Important Voting-Rights Bill Since 1965 Die in the Senate?
Friday, March 26, 2021
Most states are moving to restrict access to voting. Federal legislation known as H.R. 1 aims to expand it. Jelani Cobb and Jeannie Suk Gersen discuss the war over voting in America.
