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World
An Inflation Test Looms Over the Economy and the Election
The pivotal Consumer Price Index report is set to be published on Wednesday as the window for interest-rate cuts before…
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Opinion
Watching the Protests From Israel
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Ultimately, the Gaza war protests sweeping campuses are about influencing Israeli politics. The protesters…
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World
‘Dead Poets Society’ Has Some Distinctly Australian Relevance
Brought to life by the Australian director Peter Weir, the movie’s conflict reflects a collective cultural trait his fellow citizens…
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Opinion
Campus Protests Aren’t Going Away. Colleges Need to Draw Lines.
Student protests across the country continue to escalate, leading to mass arrests and police action. In this conversation with politics…
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Opinion
The Cruel Spectacle of British Asylum Policy
Last week Britain’s Parliament passed a law that seeks to redefine reality. The Safety of Rwanda Act declares Rwanda a…
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Opinion
The Ghost of the 1968 Antiwar Movement Has Returned
At the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, anti-Vietnam War protesters clashed with police officers — whose brutal role in…
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Opinion
What Began as a War on Theater Won’t End There
Productions of plays in America’s high schools have been increasingly under attack. In 2023, Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters”was rejected in…
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Opinion
The Quiet Magic of Middle Managers
Nobody writes poems about middle managers. Nobody gets too romantic about the person who runs a department at a company,…
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Opinion
Fulfilling Our Mom’s Dream to See the Solar Eclipse
If all goes according to plan, on April 8, our 75-year-old mother, Nancy, will be settled into a lawn chair…
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Magazine
Hollywood’s New Fantasy: A Magical, Colorblind Past
Films and TV shows keep reimagining history as a multiracial dream world. Is that really a step forward?