Don’t Just Replace Chavez—Rethink Monuments
It’s time for tributes to leave the great-man theory of history behind.
Culture
I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America
Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.
The Most Important Thing Dave Chappelle Ever Did Was Walk Away
On fearlessness, the limitations of any one narrative, and what a history of Black comedy can and can’t show
Why Can’t Euphoria Grow Up?
On the teen drama’s third season, adulthood brings only more misery.
Wrestling’s Newest Star Is Massive, Bearded, and Ready to Piledrive ICE
The debate over immigration enforcement has crept into a brash and crass entertainment, which is less immune to reality than you’d think.
A Social Experiment Within an Airbnb
Saturday Night Live captured the nightmare of misunderstanding personal boundaries.
Dreams in April
A poem
The Worst Possible Moment to Rethink Your Relationship
In The Drama, a couple is forced to question how well they know each other—just as they’re about to get married.
An Astonishing Concept Album Made Even Better
Lily Allen’s West End Girl tour isn’t a live concert so much as epic theater.
Twilight of the ‘Cougar’
Recent depictions of May-December relationships are challenging cliché notions about women who date younger men.
We’re All Real Housewives Now
Bravo’s signature reality-TV show is a shorthand for a certain flavor of petty drama—and a way that many people now live.
The Album That Made Me Fall Back in Love With Heavy Metal
Neurosis’s new record makes the right kind of noise to stand out in this overwhelming moment.
What Tracy Kidder Stood For
His deep, immersive writing had moral stakes and changed people’s lives.
TV’s Failing Cure for Middle-Aged Malaise
Crime-solving housewives have become less compelling.