Millennial Writers Reflect on a Generation’s Despair
The eldest millennials turned forty this year, and the producer Ngofeen Mputubwele comments on a sense of despair he finds in his generation, having to do with the state of the planet, the nation, the...
13 Dec 202130min
Lina Khan vs. Big Tech
Lina Khan first became known for a 2017 article she wrote for the Yale Law Journal, called "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox." Then a twenty-seven-year-old law student, she made strong arguments in favor of...
9 Dec 202126min
The Last Abortion Clinic in Mississippi
The Supreme Court last week heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that could lead to the closure of Mississippi’s last remaining abortion clinic. A law in the st...
6 Dec 202118min
How to Respond to the Omicron Variant
Last weekend, just as many Americans were returning from Thanksgiving feasts with family and friends, reports of a new coronavirus variant, called Omicron, began to proliferate worldwide. Though there...
2 Dec 202118min
Rachel Held Evans and Her Legacy
Growing up, Rachel Held Evans was a fiercely enthusiastic evangelizer for her faith, the kind of kid who relished the chance to sit next to an atheist. But when she experienced doubt, that sense of ce...
29 Nov 202132min
Mexican Abortion Activists Mobilize to Aid Texans
Mexico is a deeply Catholic nation where abortion was, for a long time, criminalized in many states; just a few years ago, Coahuila, near the U.S. border, imposed jail time on women who underwent the ...
22 Nov 202112min
Britney Spears, Free from the Conservatorship, but Not from the Public Eye
This month, Britney Spears was released from the conservatorship that had overseen her finances, communications, and professional and personal life for more than thirteen years. The details of the arr...
18 Nov 202127min
The Essential Workers of the Climate Crisis
After storms and other climate disasters, legions of workers appear overnight to cover blown-out buildings with construction tarps, rip out ruined walls and floors, and start putting cities back toget...
15 Nov 202129min
