George Packer's Blog, page 36

The Power Politics Behind Trump���s Jerusalem Declaration

Raja Shehadeh writes about the reaction in Ramallah to President Trump declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel.

The Year That Marriage Equality Finally Came to Australia

Ceridwen Dovey writes about the long parliamentary campaign to bring same-sex marriage to Australia.

A Conversation with A. G. Sulzberger, the New Leader of the New York Times

David Remnick interviews A. G. Sulzberger, who will take over as the new publisher of the New York Times.

Will Congress Save Dreamers Before Trump���s DACA Deadline?

Jonathan Blitzer

Allegations of Racial Bias and Illegal Campaign Activity at a Conservative Nonprofit That Seeks to Transform College Campuses

Jane Mayer reports on the charity Turning Point USA, which touts its relationship to the Trump family and is accused of violating campaign-finance laws and other practices.

Reimagining Prison with Frank Gehry

Bill Keller on the architect Frank Gehry���s semester-long studio in architecture, at Yale, in which students developed designs for more humane and rehabilitative prisons.

The Death of Cardinal Bernard Law and the Legacy of Clergy Sex Abuse

James Carroll recalls the legacy of Cardinal Bernard Law, who became a symbol of the Catholic hierarchy���s failure to reckon with the sex-abuse crisis. Law died, in Rome, on December 20, 2017.

The Transformation of Sexual-Harassment Law Will Be Double-Faced

Jeannie Suk Gersen on sexual-harassment law and how the recent history of Title IX is instructive when it comes to the future of Title VII enforcement.

The Republican Tax Bill and Mitch McConnell���s Wonderful, Terrible Year

Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell���s role in the passage of the Republican tax bill, and how his position compares to that of his colleague Paul Ryan.

The Decades-Long Defense of an Alabama Death-Row Prisoner Enters a Final Phase

Jennifer Gonnerman writes about the defense lawyer Bernard Harcourt���s twenty-seven-year effort to prevent the execution of Doyle Lee Hamm in Alabama.