Tracy K. Smith, Poet Laureate for a Nation Divided By Danielle Tcholakian The Librarian of Congress hailed Smith as a “poet of searching.”
Will Jeff Sessions’ Testimony Delight Us Like James Comey’s Did? By Danielle Tcholakian Last time Sessions spoke in a public hearing, he lied. This time, the stakes are higher.
What if Free Outdoor Theater is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy? By Danielle Tcholakian Fox News, Bank of America, and Delta are shocked to learn about the Public Theater’s new production of ‘Julius Caesar.’
We Need to Talk About Uber: A Timeline of the Company’s Growing List of Problems By Danielle Tcholakian Uber’s missteps and high-profile scandals have piled up since 2013. Here’s a timeline.
What Are the Secret Moves Being Made on the Senate Health Care Bill? By Danielle Tcholakian It’s hard to know, as it’s all being brokered behind closed doors.
Women Are Relating to James Comey’s Senate Testimony By Danielle Tcholakian Comey wrote about attempting to avoid being alone with President Trump.
Who Is Christopher Wray, Trump’s Nominee for FBI Director? By Danielle Tcholakian To begin with, he’s someone who believes the ideal FBI director is “tough but fair and unfailingly honest.”
How Did HGTV ‘Stars’ Become Celebrities? By Danielle Tcholakian Is the rise of HGTV celebrities a window into, or a reprieve from, a “culturally divided America”?
Trump’s Twitter Usage May Be His Downfall By Danielle Tcholakian Donald Trump is in love with Twitter, “Brokeback Mountain”-style.
For the New York Times, a Bittersweet Ending for its Public Editor Role By Danielle Tcholakian The publisher of the New York Times announced that the position of public editor is being eliminated. We look back at its history.
What Is ‘Covfefe’? The Internet Wonders By Danielle Tcholakian Late Tuesday night, President Donald Trump tweeted the word “covfefe,” sending the internet into a frenzy.
If You Think You Understand the Montana Special Election, You Probably Don’t By Michelle Legro At Buzzfeed, Anne Helen Petersen has been reporting for months on the complex needs of state’s independent voter.
Betsy DeVos’s Cynical Defense of the Trump Education Budget Cuts By Mark Armstrong The Education Secretary makes the case before Congress that “less money” becomes “more latitude.”
‘Just Pure Greed’: A Journalist Exposes Jared Kushner’s Baltimore Housing History By Mark Armstrong ProPublica’s Alec MacGillis has an infuriating new story about Kushner’s aggressive targeting of tenants.
Into the Woods: Three Personal Essays on ‘Twin Peaks’ By Ben Huberman The cult show returned this week. Here, three writers reflect on David Lynch’s effect on their lives.
My Electric Bike is Not ‘Cheating.’ And It Could Replace Cars for Millions of People By Pam Mandel My electric bike hasn’t replaced my road bike as much as it’s replaced my car.
Millennial to Millionaire: Stop Blaming Avocado Toast for Why We’re Not Buying Houses By Mike Dang A millionaire falsely argues that millennials aren’t buying homes because they’re financially irresponsible.
The Lost Art of Getting Lost By Pam Mandel Pam Mandel’s absurdly earned travel resume is why she always have time for the same sentiments from other voices of this rootless era.
Letting Go As a Way of Living: Writing About Radical Forgiveness By Erin Blakemore As these stories show, mercy isn’t a choice you make once. As the years go by, forgiveness becomes more and more complex.
Circus, Interrupted: Watching an Accident at Cirque du Soleil By Pam Mandel Circus work can be punishing, and for the performers of Cirque de Soleil, extreme safety measures don’t always prevent fatalities.
Remembering Jerry Krause, Architect Behind the Greatest NBA Team Ever Assembled By Matt Giles Jerry Krause had his faults, but that shouldn’t diminish his legacy.
Roger Federer is Brilliant, But Don’t Ever Forget About Serena Williams By Mike Dang It’s always polarizing when you’re trying to designate a single athlete as the “Greatest of All Time.”
Robert B. Silvers, Editor of The New York Review of Books: 1929-2017 By Mark Armstrong “I believe in the writer—the writer, above all.”
‘We Love Europa But Europa No Love Us.’ By Pam Mandel “We just want a normal life. We are here for survival.”
A Heart-Shaped Life: Twelve Ways of Looking at Amy Krouse Rosenthal By Amy Shearn The author, speaker, and performance artist was far more than her final, heartbreaking Modern Love column.
Death in the Desert By Pam Mandel “The number of migrants crossing illegally from Mexico to the U.S. has declined dramatically. Yet the rugged borderlands of southern Arizona have become a death zone.”
Mary Beard’s Voyage Into ‘Herland’ By Kate Bolick In “Women in Power” Beard uses Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “Herland” to look at why powerful women don’t appear in our collective imagination.
What Does the Women’s Strike Mean? By Pam Mandel Was the Women’s March “… the most successful protest in U.S. history”?
‘This Land’ Was Our Land: A Eulogy for a Groundbreaking Magazine By Mark Armstrong “This Land”closes its print edition this month, capping seven years of extraordinary local journalism.
Social Networks Have Always Battled HIV/AIDS By Erin Blakemore When Greg Owen saved thousands of lives with a Facebook post, he became part of the long history of social networks and gay activism.