Atomic Sad Boy
July 31, 2023
Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic of Robert Oppenheimer sands off the complexities of the man.
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Fresh Hell
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If only we had a shell.
Passports and Power
A document based on the accident of birth still determines a person's opportunities.
Rush Limbaugh’s Kid Control
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Children's history as told by a talking hemorrhoid.
Only Italians Will Understand This
July 26, 2023
What does it mean to be Italian in an age of viral hyperbole and caricature?
Henry Threadgill’s Life in Music
July 25, 2023
A new jazz memoir subverts a familiar genre.
Fresh Hell
July 21, 2023
Barbie’s Malibu Dream House is not going to survive climate change.
Risk and Revolution
July 20, 2023
Is it possible to imagine a radical break in the social and political order?
Rat Kings of New York
July 19, 2023
New York City’s rat problem is really a trash problem.
The Good Enough Momfluencer
July 18, 2023
Unpacking the momfluencer’s appeal.
Fresh Hell
July 14, 2023
We're not monsters.
The Dutiful Wife
It is a truth once universally acknowledged that a literary man must be in want of a wife.