Unpacking the Latino Vote, and Susan Orlean on the Queen of Tigers
In the lead-up to this year’s midterm elections, many pundits expected Republicans to make significant gains among Latino voters, further eroding a base of support that Democrats have arguably taken f...
22 Nov 202228min
The Stories of #MeToo
Five years ago, reporting on the film producer Harvey Weinstein’s history of assault and misconduct opened the floodgates of the national reckoning with gender and power known as #MeToo. Three New Yor...
21 Nov 202239min
How Qatar Took the World Cup
No self-respecting sports fan is naïve about the role that money plays in pro sports. But, by any standard, the greed and cynicism behind the World Cup are extraordinary. The cloud of scandal surround...
18 Nov 202221min
The Man Who Escaped from Auschwitz to Warn the World
Rudolf Vrba was sent to Auschwitz at the age of seventeen, and, because he was young and in good health, he was not killed immediately but put to labor in the camp. Vrba (originally named Walter Rosen...
11 Nov 202234min
Mike White on the New Season of “The White Lotus” in Sicily
The first season of “The White Lotus” won ten Emmy Awards and was a critics’ favorite. A dark satire of the privileged, the show chronicled the visit to a luxurious Hawaiian resort of a tech mogul and...
8 Nov 202218min
Russell Moore on Christian Nationalism
Russell Moore, a prominent figure in the Southern Baptist Convention, resigned over the church’s response to racism—which Moore considers a sin—and documented sexual abuse allegations. The theologian ...
4 Nov 202230min
Mayor Francis Suarez’s View from Miami
Francis Suarez, the Republican mayor of Miami, is popular in the city he governs, and increasingly prominent beyond it. Conservative voices as disparate as Kanye West and George Will have floated him ...
1 Nov 202218min
