A Dream Undone
Why do Americans have less voting rights today than they did 50 years ago? Rutenberg examines how the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was passed to prevent the disenfranchisement of black Americans, has been gutted.
Best of Enemies
Will intellectual combat ever top the televised 1968 debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley? New York Magazine‘s Jim Holt thinks not.
Inside the Family Battle for the Newman’s Own Brand Name
The feud over Paul Newman’s food empire and charitable foundation.
Why Aren’t There More Women Futurists?
The academic study of potential futures has traditionally focused on inventions and technology, less on politics and social dynamics. As a result, it has stayed a predominantly white, male field — but the status quo might be starting to shift.
Warren Buffett’s Family Secretly Funded a Birth Control Revolution
How a Buffett family foundation quietly became the most influential supporter of research on IUDs, expanding access to the contraceptive and potentially changing the reproductive lives of millions of women.
The Wandering Years
Thoughts, observations, and reflections from the travel journals of Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Fitted
Moira Wegel on FitBit activity trackers and the nature of confession.
The Extraordinary Life of the First American to Join China’s Communist Party
Sidney Rittenberg served in China as an army linguist in the 1940s. After his enlistment ended in he stayed in China, became a leader in the Cultural Revolution and spent 16 years in solitary confinement.
The Perils of Writing About Your Own Family: A Conversation with George Hodgman
“Memoir is a total minefield, as you know. It’s best if you write the book and leave the country.”
The Psychology of the Impossible Campaign
T.A. Frank turns a profile of George Pataki into a psychological investigation of long-shot presidential candidates: Why do people run for president even though they cannot win? And how should we the voters feel about them?
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