Editors’ Picks
Breaking Ground: Sidewalk Labs Proposes a New Future for Cities
“Google has just been accused of violating healthcare laws in the U.S. Shouldn’t that be enough to cancel this project?”
Colors of Citizenship
Our constitution does not invoke the name of Allah, or Bhagwan, or God. It begins with ‘We the People.’ This country of ours is not founded on the basis of a single religion. We are all Indians.
Something Old // Something New: MoMA’s Renovation Reignites Debates over Privilege in Fine Arts
The museum’s renovation seeks to create new dialogues between the viewer and the work, and between the works themselves.
Sex and Myth: Reckoning with Rural China’s Haphazard Sex Education
Sex is a taboo topic in China. People rarely publicly discuss sex; the “birds and the bees” talk from parent to child is also much less common than in the West.
Character Study: Reading and Remembering Harold Bloom Through His Own Literary Lens
Bloom’s colossal oeuvre and outsized personality have been stamped into public consciousness. The great canon-shaper is near canonization himself.
In a Name: North Macedonia and Greece Clash over Historical and Cultural Legacies
To Greeks today, the northern country’s name—even with “North” in front of it—seems a blatant appropriation of their culture.
Takes a Village: New Haven Food Startup Accelerators Provide Haven for Refugees
“This is what Sanctuary Kitchen brings to the community: a sense of belonging and family.”
The Flip: How Justin Elicker Unseated New Haven’s Incumbent Mayor
Elicker’s proposed antidote? “My goal was to go everywhere, especially where I was least well known.”