Naomi Klein Interviewed by Jia Tolentino
The author of “No Logo” and “The Shock Doctrine,” Naomi Klein has become what Noam Chomsky was to an earlier generation of leftists. Her theories tie inequality and climate change together, arguing th...
3 Jul 201823min
Hasan Minhaj Interviewed by Vinson Cunningham
On a high-school speech-and-debate team, Hasan Minhaj learned the value of a joke: “If I made the judges laugh, I automatically saw an increase in the amount of points that I would get. And so I was l...
29 Jun 201833min
Molly Ringwald, Judd Apatow, and #MeToo
The John Hughes films that made Molly Ringwald famous—“Sixteen Candles,” “Pretty in Pink,” and “The Breakfast Club”—look very different to their star now that she has a teen-age daughter of her own. S...
26 Jun 201833min
The Government Took Her Son. Will It Give Him Back?
Border Patrol, which has forcibly separated families in border detention, has put some immigrant children in the care of a separate agency, the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Although a recent execut...
22 Jun 201823min
The Comedian Hannah Gadsby Goes Big Time, and Renounces Comedy
Hannah Gadsby is a headlining comedian in Australia, a regular at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and is about to become a very big deal in America with a special on Netflix called “Nanette.” It’s a f...
19 Jun 201824min
James Wood Is Done “Prosecuting Wars”
Jane Mayer explains why Charles and David Koch are willing to spend as much as thirty million dollars on advertising that opposes Donald Trump’s campaign of tariffs—right as the midterm elections offe...
15 Jun 201832min
In the Civil Service, Loyalty Now Comes Before Expertise
Donald Trump came into office promising to make so many cuts to the government that “your head will spin.” Evan Osnos has been reporting from Washington on how the Administration is radically changing...
12 Jun 201820min
Another Fiasco for American Soccer, and Praying for Tangier
The 2018 World Cup begins this week in Russia, and America is taking a powder. The men’s team failed to qualify for the tournament after a stunning upset loss to Trinidad and Tobago, which is consider...
9 Jun 201834min
