Tanks for the Memories: A Historical Tribute to Trump’s ‘Salute to America’

‘Some Suburb of Hell’: America’s New Concentration Camp System

A process of normalization, when a bad camp becomes much more dangerous, is not unusual. Today’s border camps are a crueler reflection of long-term policies.

June 21, 2019

‘Gone Like a Meteor’: Epitaph for the Lost Youth of the Biafran War

The Biafran War, otherwise known as the Nigerian Civil War, lasted from July 6, 1967, until January 15, 1970, during which time an entire generation was wrenched from the future. My uncle was part of that generation.

May 30, 2019

Even the Emperor

Hans Holbein’s The Dance of Death, just published in a new edition by Penguin Classics, was intensely engaged with the problem of corruption in politics.

January 20, 2017

Invisible Cities

August 16, 1990 issue

The Queen and the Camera

A new exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum brings to light Queen Victoria’s passion for photography, and the ways in which she helped shape the medium’s development.

April 24, 2014

Sketches from Guantánamo

A selection of drawings and commentary from the artist who has documented the Guantanamo Bay hearings since 2006.

October 17, 2013