Colson Whitehead on His Harlem Trilogy
Colson Whitehead is one the few novelists, and the only still alive, to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction—for “The Underground Railroad” and “The Nickel Boys.” Whitehead’s protagonist in the Harlem ...
2 Kesä 23min
Dan Osborn, the Independent Senate Candidate Who Could Tip Nebraska
As control of the Senate hangs in the balance, many eyes are on Dan Osborn, of Nebraska. He’s a dream candidate for the Democrats: a mechanic in the food-processing industry, a former president of his...
29 Touko 26min
A FEMA Insider Says Morale Has Never Been Lower at the Embattled Agency
The Trump Administration has made little secret of its desire to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency and give states the responsibility to respond to all manner of natural disasters on t...
26 Touko 25min
The U.F.C. President, Dana White, on Donald Trump: “He’s Not a Racist”
There will be a variety of celebrations to honor America’s two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary this year. Much of it is to be expected: fireworks, red, white, and blue lights, even a military parade....
22 Touko 49min
America at 250: A View from the Streets
The staff writer and historian Jill Lepore is an admirer of the Federal Writers’ Project, and the man-on-the-street form of documentary it helped to pioneer. This type of journalism, she thinks, is in...
19 Touko 18min
The History Wars and America at 250, with the Historian Jill Lepore
The two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence arrives during intense disputes about American history, as the Trump Administration demands a more glorifying view of the na...
15 Touko 32min
Growing Up with a Mother in Prison
Harriet Clark’s novel, “The Hill,” is one of the most anticipated works of fiction of the year. It’s a story of a girl growing up visiting her mother, who is serving a life sentence in prison for a po...
12 Touko 24min
