Anand Giridharadas's Blog, page 9

Inequality Measured by Services

Your fellow Americans can now be hired more easily than ever before, without you incurring any of the burdens of an employer.

Considering Issues Political and Trivial

What will our grandchildren think of the extraordinary inwardness of this period in America?

How to Talk About Race Without Talking About Race

The transformation of two words, “bro” and “basic,” reveals how difficult it is for Americans to talk about white people and white subcultures.

Lame Duck Period Shouldn't Be a Time to Idle

Because Americans tolerate two-year presidential campaigns, they are resigned to the idea that presidents cannot govern in the second half of their final term.

Unequal Societies Give an Incentive for Pushy Parenting

A study by a pair of economists suggests that parents may take child-rearing cues, perhaps subliminally, from social inequality.

Fixing Flaws in U.S. Drug Sentencing

Many prosecutors are backing away from counting the number of drug convictions they can achieve, believeing that only intensified the chaos.

A New Tactic for Youthful Defendants

Brooklyn, N.Y., is testing whether early police encounters can be reinvented as an opportunity to reach out to troubled youth and get them help.

Man Down

Jeff Hobbs tells the story of Robert DeShaun Peace, who went from a New Jersey ghetto to Yale but never truly escaped his past.

Observations on America's Middle-Class Malaise

In "Boyhood," the filmmaker Richard Linklater produces a portrait of a changing America in which middle-class life grows more precarious and chaotic.

From Afar, the United States Seems at Odds With Its Ideals

A mysterious sign at the protests in Ferguson, Mo., bespoke a larger truth: America has lost influence by failing to embody its own creeds.