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Nic Johnson
Breaking the Conveyor Belt

Motivated perhaps above all by culture-war grievance, in the past month Donald Trump has tried to radically reshape a century-old system of global trade.

Zoe Guttenplan
Spaghetti Underground

The MTA’s new redesign of the New York City subway map is the latest of many attempts to capture the sprawling network on paper.

David Cole
Why Harvard Defied Him

How the university fares in its struggle with Donald Trump may well determine the future of academic freedom in the United States.

Christopher R. Browning
Trump, Antisemitism & Academia

If the Trump administration were truly concerned about antisemitism, it would start in its own house.

Vivian Gornick
The 176-Year Argument

At the University of Chicago all they wanted to know was, What’s the theory? At Yale all they wanted to know was, What’s the technique? At City College of New York all they wanted to know was, How does this relate to real life?

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One month after the vernal equinox, New York City has at last experienced an unbroken week in which the temperature did not drop below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Yes, with cherry blossoms abloom from Prospect Park to the New York Botanical Garden and tree buds bursting on every street and avenue, it must be said: spring has sprung.

On October 26, 2022, Susan Barba wrote for the NYR Online an appreciation of wildflowers, accompanied by watercolors of wild roses, chicory, milkweed, gentian, mayflowers, and more, courtesy of Leanne Shapton.

Susan Barba
Language of the Field

“In the scientific literature and in common use, flowers are referred to as ‘native’ (like sunflowers) or ‘alien’ (like bluebells); they can be ‘naturalized’ (like clover) or ‘invasive’ (like purple loosestrife). There are ‘migrants’ and ‘exotics,’ ‘escapes’ and ‘refugees.’ The language expresses a position, it reveals a stance toward a species, it grants a plant its liberty or sanctions its eradication. The best writers closely observe not only the plant but our words in relation to it, and in doing so they focus our attention and clarify our intentions.”

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