Peter Minowitz Florida’s Stop W.O.K.E. Act: An Exchange “The climate of fear created by these laws makes actual enforcement unnecessary.” July 11, 2023
Gabriel Winslow-Yost ‘To Leave This World’ In his recent trilogy of films, Paul Schrader uses his signature device—a man in a room, arguing with himself—to study society’s sins. June 21, 2023
Robin D. G. Kelley The Long War on Black Studies It would be a mistake to think of the current wave of attacks on “critical race theory” as a culture war. This is a political battle. June 17, 2023
David Cole Equal Protection on the Docket In its new term, the Supreme Court has chosen to hear several cases that, if overturned, could set efforts to protect minority groups back decades. October 3, 2022
Jessica Riskin An Evolving View of Inheritance “Instead of aiming for purity, science should aspire to self-awareness and engagement in a larger project of understanding.” April 2, 2022
Mark Borrello Ideology as Biology E. O. Wilson corresponded for years with a notorious proponent of race science, advocating for his research behind the scenes. What does it tell us about his most controversial work? February 5, 2022
Adam Shatz Notes on a Mugging My attackers came out of nowhere on a familiar street and didn’t even take my wallet. But they robbed me of something: a New Yorker’s self-assurance. January 7, 2022
Mark Gevisser Crossing the ‘Pink Line’ “Globally, the new battleground is over so-called gender ideology. This is defining the next human rights frontier.” May 8, 2021
Sean Wilentz The Lost World of the Jazz Club It was an era when this milieu of popular music seemed to herald a now-distant promise of what American life might be. December 23, 2020