Rev. Jesse Jackson — a titanic civil rights leader, politician, and activist — died on Tuesday at the age of 84.  Over the course of a career that spanned decades, Jackson twice ran for president, in 1984 and 1988, though he later stepped back from electoral politics.  To get a better sense of Jackson’s legacy […]

Brazil’s former president was sentenced to 27 years in prison late last year for plotting a coup. The details may sound familiar: Jair Bolsonaro lost an election. He claimed it was stolen from him and rallied supporters to storm the nation’s capital, Brasilia. The insurrection even took place in early January (2023).  However, the parallels […]

American democracy is not in a good place. Institutional breakdown and mistrust define our political moment. Polarization has broken our politics, and President Donald Trump has elevated fealty to him — as opposed to the Constitution — as the core principle of governance.  And the American story is part of a global story. If the […]

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is mucking about with late-night TV again. What happened? On Monday night, comedian Stephen Colbert, who hosts CBS’s late-night talk show The […]

You come into a movie based on Wuthering Heights with certain expectations. Emerald Fennell has been clear that she considers her “Wuthering Heights” — pointed quote marks and all — to be a fantasia, not a straight adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel. “It could only ever be an attempt to take a tiny piece […]