Honestly, I see no possible way contract tracing is going to be even a remotely effective tactic in the United States. After a woman in Rockland County, N.Y., admitted to throwing her daughter a party
The documentary photographer of the Cultural Revolution, Li Zhenshang, died recently. It’s worth revisiting just how amazing his photographs are. I put one to head this post, but check out the o
Good essay by the historian Tiffany Florvil on discrimination against Black people in Europe. From Bristol, England to Copenhagen, Denmark and from Munich, Germany to Antwerp, Belgium, antiracism prot
A bizarre episode has unfolded at one of the nation’s most storied sites, with right-wing groups descending on the Gettysburg battlefield for no sound reason. The commotion started in late June,
This is a thing that happened yesterday: Apparently QAnon has had Flynn at the center of its universe for a long time, and now he’s decided to get with the program: After years of silence, forme
Just tremendous work by Ron DeSantis here: Florida reported 11,458 new coronavirus cases on Independence Day, shattering its record for daily reported cases in the state since the pandemic began. The
Republicans are worried that fully supporting a racist president will forever associate the Republican Party with racism without even allowing them to hold on to power: President Trump’s unyielding
Fourth of July with my family was spent eating leftover apple pie and watching the long-rumored, long-embargoed recording of a June 2016 performance of Hamilton by the original cast. I saw the show in