Bryant Terry “Blackifies” Fennel, and Ian Frazier Says Goodbye to 2020, in Verse
Bryant Terry is a chef, educator, food-justice activist, and cookbook author. He joined Helen Rosner virtually to cook a dish from his recent book, “Vegetable Kingdom”: citrus and garlic-herb braised ...
22 Dec 202018min
The Republican Rift in Georgia, and the Protests Sweeping Nigeria
In the past month, a fracture has opened up in the G.O.P. between those who grudgingly accept Joe Biden’s win and those who falsely claim that the election was rigged. In Georgia, supporters of Donald...
18 Dec 202030min
The “Times Square Two” Fight to Clear Their Names
As teens, in the nineteen-eighties, Eric Smokes and David Warren were arrested for the robbery and murder of a tourist near Times Square on New Years Eve; an acquaintance had accused them, receving a ...
15 Dec 202026min
Ayanna Pressley and Abigail Spanberger on the Rift in the Democratic Party
In November, when the Democratic Party lost seats in the House and a hoped-for victory in the Senate fizzled, centrist Democrats were quick to blame left-leaning progressives. Rhetoric about democrati...
11 Dec 202020min
Steve McQueen Comes Home
Steve McQueen is the director of four feature films, including the Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave.” His new series, “Small Axe,” which is streaming on Amazon, consists of five portraits of the West I...
8 Dec 202032min
Atul Gawande on Taming the Coronavirus
Can a vaccine be distributed fairly? What will be the impact if a large number of people don’t take it—as they say they won’t? Atul Gawande, a New Yorker staff writer who was recently appointed to Pre...
4 Dec 202017min
Live at Home Part II: Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers’s tour dates were cancelled—she was booked at Madison Square Garden, among other venues—so she performs songs from her recent album, “Punisher,” from home. The critic Amanda Petrusich ...
1 Dec 202032min
Live at Home Part I: John Legend
Like everyone in the United States, John Legend has spent much of the past year in lockdown. He has been recording new music (via Zoom), performing on Instagram, and promoting his upcoming album. Thou...
27 Nov 202016min
