Lena Waithe on Police Violence and “Queen & Slim”
Lena Waithe is the screenwriter and creator of the Showtime series “The Chi,” about the South Side of Chicago, but she tells Jelani Cobb, “Getting your own TV show is like getting beaten to death by y...
16 Dec 201920min
Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women,” and Damon Lindelof’s “Watchmen”
Greta Gerwig tells David Remnick that her adaptation of the novel “Little Women” didn’t need much updating for 2019: the world hasn’t changed as much as we might think, she says. Isaac Chotiner talks ...
13 Dec 201949min
A Worldwide #MeToo Protest that Began in Chile
Three weeks ago, members of a Chilean feminist collective called Las Tesis put on blindfolds and party dresses and took to the streets. The festive atmosphere put their purpose in stark relief: the so...
12 Dec 20198min
The March Toward Impeachment
It’s been a busy week, and it’s only Tuesday. The chair of the House Judiciary Committee unveiled two articles of impeachment against the President, which are nearly certain to be adopted by the House...
10 Dec 20198min
How Channel One Keeps the News Safe for Putin
Joshua Yaffa recently profiled a Russian media mogul named Konstantin Ernst. Ernst is the C.E.O. of Russia’s largest state-controlled media network, Channel One, and his personal evolution from ideali...
9 Dec 201913min
Jamie Lee Curtis, the Original Scream Queen
Jamie Lee Curtis comes from Hollywood royalty as the daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. She credits her mother’s role in “Psycho” for helping her land her first feature role, as the lead in “Hal...
6 Dec 201933min
This Is William Cohen’s Third Impeachment
The current impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump are only the fourth in American history, and William Cohen has been near the center of power for three of them. First, he was a Republican memb...
5 Dec 201919min
Kamala Harris’s Campaign Ends in a Fizzle
Senator Kamala Harris had a lot going for her campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination: national name recognition, strong fund-raising, an association with Barack Obama, and a way of comman...
4 Dec 201922min
