The Women of Mahra
These women—both remarkably free and subjugated—tell a story of a history in flux.
No Shrinking Violets
A recap of Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan’s visits to the orange bubble.
Viral Voting
It’s like precept, but for campaign ads.
Crazy Rich Asians Review
“My first draft of this review started with a disclaimer saying that, whatever my opinions of Crazy Rich Asians may be, its all-Asian cast is worth celebrating as a landmark for representation. Then my editor sent me an article explaining how the movie’s depiction of Singapore is analogous to a depiction of America only featuring white people, and now I don’t know what to think. In the context of Hollywood’s shameful history of white actors playing Asian characters, this still feels like a step in the right direction, though it’s hard to forgive the ignorance of Singaporean racial diversity. This stuff is complicated and there are two sides to every issue. Anyway, Crazy Rich Asians is awful.”