Back in the Occupied West Bank
And a note on supporting my work.
Daniel Mendelsohn on the Odyssey, Film Adaptations, and Translation
In this episode of Private Life, Daniel Mendelsohn joins Jarrett Earnest to discuss his 2025 translation of Homer’s Odyssey and Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming film adaptation, premiering this week.
The People Fighting Back: Inside Maine’s Immigrant Defense Movement
An excerpt from 'Breaking ICE' on how Maine became the blueprint for an immigration defense movement that caught fire in the Trump era.
MAGA Firebrand Curt Mills Will Speak at a Jewish Left Conference. Does He Belong?
One speaker plans to drop out of the conference over Mills’s participation.
How to Build a Real Strategy for Power
For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness by Yotam Marom, New Press, 2026. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to Convergence’s Bookshop.
Trump’s War on Journalists
The recent subpoenas of reporters make clear that the President is trying to threaten the press. Few protections are in place to stop him.
Paying Tribute to Richard Lingeman—Longtime Executive Editor and a Quiet Force at “The Nation” for More Than Three Decades
A man of few spoken words, on the page he was a marvel.
Canadian Gas CEOs Are Hyping AI Data Centres to Investors as a Lifeline for Their Industry
Investor call transcripts show that gas companies see the data centre build-out as their next growth sector, even as the energy transition accelerates.
New York, City of Scaffolding, Tries a Glow-up
Sidewalk sheds are ubiquitous in NYC. New designs and reformed rules are the latest attempt to minimize their blight, while keeping pedestrians safe.
Tate Brothers Arrested in Miami As U.K. Authorities File Sex Crime Charges
Federal marshals arrested the influencers, who are known for their misogynistic views and have faced years of criminal investigations in Europe.
Zohran Mamdani Knows He Has Political Capital. And He Intends to Spend It.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits down for an interview with the mayor of New York City.
AWS Billing Glitch Hits Customers With Billion-Dollar Fees
An error with the cloud computing giant’s billing operation caused some customers’ monthly bills to rise from a few cents to billions of dollars.
The Blockbuster Final That Caps Off a Triumphant World Cup
What you need to know ahead of Sunday’s Argentina-Spain showdown.
A notorious consulting firm is selling austerity. Canada’s universities are buying
The Nous Group, an Australian consulting firm, has raked in millions for “fixing” universities in financial freefall. Their solution? Corporatization
Major Blockchain Firm Consensys Accidentally Hired a North Korean Hacker
An engineer under the alias “Tyler Knapp” managed to be brought on as a software developer at the Ethereum-based firm.
The Politics of Cruelty Starts With the Vulnerable
Trump’s attacks on Somali kindergarteners, immigrants, and the rule of law form a coherent authoritarian project. But voters and the courts are pushing back.
The Attention Economy Navigator, July 2026
This month on the Attention Economy Navigator, our guide to what you should be paying more attention to, and what you can probably pay less attention to.
Destroying the Conditions that Make Speech Possible
Blocking reading materials and censoring writing are both ways that prisons erase expression before it can reach an audience.
