Cary Sudler returns to his ancestral home to apologize to the black members of his family for the injustice of slavery
Cary Sudler returns to his ancestral home to apologize to the black members of his family for the injustice of slavery
J.G. Ballard’s futuristic 1975 novel, “High Rise, is about a group of people living in a luxury high-rise apartment building where neighbors organize themselves according to their respective social classes. Literally. The lower class lives on the lower floors, the middle class in the middle and the upper class occupies the most luxurious apartments on the highest floors. Tribal-class warfare ensues. Here’s an excerpt.
Anne Strainchamps talks with the woman who created the modern mid-wifery movement, Ina May Gaskin.
Jai Uttal leads kirtans around the world. Kirtan is the Indian practice of ecstatic chant that combines music and devotion.
Anthropologist Hugh Raffles talks about the work of celebrated bee biologist Karl von Frisch and the remarkable ways bees reach consensus.
In Israel, writer D.A. Mishani is breaking new ground by writing crime fiction. Why are there so few detective novels written in Hebrew? Mishani explains.
James McManus writes for Harpers. With an advance from the magazine, he entered the world series of poker. McManus talks about playing with professionals and muses on the balance of luck and skill required for tournament play.
How did the rich get richer while the American middle class got poorer? Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker outlines the political policies that led to historic levels of income inequality.