A Political History of the NFL Jersey
The evolution of the professional football jersey tracks that of racial capitalism, technology, and empire
A Division of Labor
A science fiction TV drama explores questions of slavery and self in the workplace
An Interview with Jafar Panahi
Our correspondent met with the great Iranian director to get his thoughts on political cinema, what it means to go back behind the camera, and what gets lost in translation.
“One Cannot Redeem the Past”
An Interview with C. Derick Varn
A Pandemic Archive
Max Alvarez’s interviews record working-class perspectives on the age of COVID
A Specter Hangs Over the Hamptons Couch
Inside the Outsider Art fair
Applying a New Foundation, Geopolitically
What the spread of East Asia’s beauty trends reveals about the region’s soft power influence.











