Kelela Reinvents R. & B., and Sally Yates Gets Fired
When the acting Attorney General Sally Yates wouldn’t defend the so-called Muslim travel ban, she was promptly sacked—“before it was fashionable to be fired” in the Trump Administration, Jeffrey Toobi...
23 Okt 201842min
In the Midterms, White Supremacy Is Running for Office
While the big story going into the midterm elections has been the possibility of a “blue wave”—an upsurge of Democratic progressives, including a high number of women and minority candidates—the divis...
19 Okt 201814min
Joan Baez Is Still Protesting
“You know, I think as I get older,” Joan Baez tells David Remnick, “someone will show me a photograph”—of the March on Washington, for example—“and I’ll think, ‘Oh my god, I was there. And those peopl...
16 Okt 201821min
Is Voting Safe?
For democracy to function, we have to trust and accept the results of elections. But that trust is increasingly difficult to maintain in a world where malicious actors like the G.R.U., the Russian int...
12 Okt 201834min
The Long-Distance Con, Part 2
This is part two of a two-part series. Part one can be heard here. On the day that Maggie Robinson Katz learned that her father had only a few days to live, she also found out that her wealthy famil...
9 Okt 201836min
Rebecca Traister Is Happy to Be Mad
After the election of Donald Trump, the feminist journalist Rebecca Traister began channeling her anger into a book. The result, “Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger” combines an an...
5 Okt 201817min
Joan Jett’s Reputation
Joan Jett cut a massive figure in rock and roll, starting in the nineteen-seventies and continuing with a string of hits including “I Love Rock and Roll,” “Bad Reputation,” “Crimson and Clover,” and o...
2 Okt 201826min
The Long-Distance Con, Part 1
On the day that Maggie Robinson Katz learned that her father had only a few days to live, she also found out that her wealthy family couldn’t pay his hospital bills: his fortune had disappeared. Katz ...
28 Sep 201827min
