How does a young, successful actor become a relatively unknown director of most of the television you watch? And what’s next?
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The RNC, Revisited
Last year, when Jared Yates Sexton went to Cleveland, the ugliness he saw there was a harbinger of much to come.
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Selfishness Is Learned
By studying how moral behavior works in the real world, scientists are tackling an ancient subject that was previously the domain of religion and philosophy: whether human beings are inherently cooperative or competitive. In other words: how selfish are we? The news is good.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Writing the Monsignor
Mary O’Connell recalls her college efforts to write about a scandalized priest from her youth.
Posted inCurrent Events, History, Nonfiction, Story
American Dolchstoss
The German “stab-in-the-back” myth springs back to life in America, this time through scapegoating over lost jobs.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Writing the Monsignor
Mary O’Connell recalls her college efforts to write about a scandalized priest from her youth.
Posted inEditor's Pick
They Loved the Church. They Loved Each Other More.
In November 2015, leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a change to the Mormon Handbook that would force LBGTQ members to choose between their religion and their sexuality: Those in “same-gender marriages or similar relationships” were now considered apostates. O’Neil tells the story of Garett Smith and Kyle Cranney, a […]
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story
The Ban, the Wall: Bearing Witness
Which of our neighbors have been rounded up so far?
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Rebel Virgins and Desert Mothers
The radical women of early Christianity.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
A Conversation With Ariel Levy About Writing a Memoir That Avoids ‘Invoking Emotional Tropes’
The New Yorker staff writer on her new memoir, ‘The Rules Do Not Apply.’
