The largest civilian internment since the Holocaust is taking place in China, where Muslim ethnic minorities have been rounded up in vast numbers. What can the world do about it?  

The songwriter talks about her chaotic early life and her inability to settle down. Plus, in our annual tradition, the critic Richard Brody gives out his own slate of film awards.

A professor of tax law uncovers discrimination hidden in America’s tax code. Plus: a leaked recording shows how conservatives aim to defeat the voting rights bill H.R. 1.

The magician performs bewitching illusions, even in an interview.

April 15, 2020, was near the apex of the coronavirus pandemic’s brutal first wave, as it hit New York City hard. This episode documents twenty-four hours at the epicenter.

The writer discusses how she wrote a best-selling novel about a subject that most trans authors have tried to avoid. Plus, Simon Schama and Doreen St. Félix on race and the royals.

The U.S. tortured Mohamedou Salahi and kept him at Guantánamo Bay for fifteen years. He’s no Al Qaeda mastermind, but, even today, he’s virtually a prisoner. Why won’t we let him go?

An app cracks a window of free expression, allowing Chinese people to discuss taboo political subjects. Plus, the famed actor on his role in “The Father.”

The Maryland lawmaker on yet another unprecedented moment in our history. Plus, Atul Gawande on pandemic recovery, and the actor Daniel Kaluuya on “Judas and the Black Messiah.”