Our February 12 issue is now online, with Alma Guillermoprieto on the US’s mad invasion of Venezuela; Fintan O’Toole on the nightmare of Trumpian imperialism; Hermione Lee on Gertrude Stein; Ian Frazier on the sea of chicken; Jérôme Tubiana on the crisis in Darfur; Jenny Uglow on precious stones; Beatrice Radden Keefe on Gothic fever; Aryeh Neier and Gara LaMarche on the dire state of philanthropy in Trump’s America; Regina Marler on Jane DeLynn; Laurence H. Tribe on Jill Lepore; poems by Fernando Pessoa, Ben Lerner, and Kathleen Ossip; and much more.

Laurence H. Tribe
Is the Constitution ‘Dead, Dead, Dead’?

The difficulty of amending the Constitution does not mean that it is a flawed and outdated relic of a distant past.

Fintan O’Toole
Whose Hemisphere?

The US capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro reinforces the Trump administration’s capacity to invent any pretext to justify the use of armed force.

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Jenny Uglow
All That Glitters

The science of gemstones has always been intertwined with their value as luxury items.

Aryeh Neier and Gara LaMarche
Trump’s Attack on Philanthropy

Universities, law firms, and news media have already been targeted by the administration. As the Justice Department pushes to investigate the Open Society Foundations, it seems that philanthropies that support critical voices may be next.

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