Surging in Polls, Elizabeth Warren Now Has a…

Elizabeth Warren, looking more and more viable. Photo: Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images In this phase of the 2020 Democratic presidential contest, there are a number of interesting story lines for political observers:…

Biden Knows How to Make the Moral Case…

Biden in Iowa. Photo: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images A really unexpected thing happened to me this week. I felt a slight but measurable twinge of hope. For the first time, I heard a speech…

The Sleight of Hand at the Heart of…

Stephen Ross, chairman and majority owner of the Related Companies, at the grand opening of the Hudson Yards development in Manhattan. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images In February, this magazine described Stephen Ross as “what [Donald]…

The Trump Boycotts Pose a Grave Danger to…

An upscale Equinox gym in downtown Berkeley, California. Photo: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images The Associated Press ran a story yesterday about outrage and boycott threats over a high-dollar fundraiser for Donald Trump hosted by Stephen Ross,…

The Black Art of Escape

Photo: Bruce Gilden/Magnum Photos There is a moment in Alvin Ailey’s dance masterpiece, Revelations — “Sinner Man” is the song — when, suddenly, from the far-right wing, a boy comes running. You run to the…