Keeping Score: A Year Inside a Divided Brooklyn High School
Nearly seventy years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, our public schools effectively remain segregated. And, by some measures, New York City has the most segregated system in the countr...
12 Sep 202247min
How Will Liz Truss Govern a Britain in Crisis?
This week, Liz Truss became the United Kingdom’s newest Prime Minister. She comes into office following a string of scandals in the Conservative Party under her predecessor, Boris Johnson, and faces a...
8 Sep 202226min
Jill Lepore on Why Biden Is No F.D.R.
Joe Biden has had a remarkable reversal of fortune this summer. He signed three bi-partisan bills, and the Inflation Reduction Act, a multi-billion-dollar combination of climate and healthcare legisla...
1 Sep 202230min
The Risk of a New American Civil War
Since the F.B.I. raid on former President Donald Trump’s home, Mar-A-Lago, the phrases “civil war” and “lock and load” have trended on right-wing social media. The F.B.I. and the Department of Homelan...
31 Aug 202225min
Could Engaging the Taliban Help Afghan Women?
This August marks the one year anniversary of American military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s swift return to power in Kabul. It has been an excruciating year for the war-torn nation, ...
25 Aug 202223min
What’s Driving Black Candidates to the Republican Party?
The Republican Party is clearly no place for Black activism as most of us know it. Members of the Party inveigh against what they call critical race theory, and oppose efforts to redress racial discri...
22 Aug 202218min
Uncovering Biden Family Secrets
President Joe Biden’s political talents are inseparable from his folksy persona. In speeches, he emphasizes his modest upbringing and quotes aphorisms from his car-salesman father about dignity and ho...
18 Aug 202236min
Is the Historic Climate Bill Enough to Save the Planet?
Last week, after more than a year of drama and deal-cutting, the Senate passed a complicated piece of legislation called the Inflation Reduction Act. Its name notwithstanding, it’s being celebrated a...
15 Aug 202219min
