A Teacher in China Learns the Limits of Free Expression
by Peter Hessler
How had the country experienced so much social, economic, and educational change while its politics remained stagnant?
A Teacher in China Learns the Limits of Free Expression
Fighting Words.
Jamie Lloyd’s Minimalist Hip-Hop “Cyrano de Bergerac”
by Alexandra Schwartz
A new staging, starring James McAvoy, gives us rappers instead of rapiers.
The Holocaust Memorial Undone by Another War
Letter from Kyiv
The Holocaust Memorial Undone by Another War
by Masha Gessen
After eighty years, the site of a mass execution of Jews was about to be commemorated. Then Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Showtime.
In “Russian Doll,” Natasha Lyonne Barrels Into the Past
by Rachel Syme
How the actress turned showrunner took on inherited trauma through time travel.
A Secret Voyage Across the Seven Seas of Central Park
Explorers Club
A Secret Voyage Across the Seven Seas of Central Park
by Ben McGrath
Two urban Shackletons braved the elements for a clandestine, moonlit canoe excursion down each of the Park’s waterways, from the Harlem Meer in the north to the Pond in the south, dodging the police and “Star Wars” reënactors along the way.
Do Stay for Tea.
How Putin’s Oligarchs Bought London
by Patrick Radden Keefe
From banking to boarding schools, the British establishment has long been at their service, discretion guaranteed.
What the Russian Invasion Has Done to Ukraine
What the Russian Invasion Has Done to Ukraine
by Joshua Yaffa
After thwarting a quick victory for Russia, Ukrainians are galvanized—and facing a punitive assault.
The Access Trap.
What Happens When an Élite Public School Becomes Open to All?
by Nathan Heller
After the legendarily competitive Lowell High School dropped selective admissions, new challenges—and new opportunities—arose.
The Inimitable.
The Crisis That Nearly Cost Charles Dickens His Career
by Louis Menand
The most beloved writer of his age, he had an unfailing sense of what the public wanted—almost.
Late Harvest
Wendell Berry’s Advice for a Cataclysmic Age
by Dorothy Wickenden
Sixty years after renouncing modernity, the writer is still contemplating a better way forward.