The Bad Bunny Video That Captures the Cost of Gentrification
The artist’s latest project transforms an unconventional figure into a symbol.
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The Atlantic's Week in Culture
A roundup of our recent writing on arts and entertainment
Queer Writers in the Age of Trump
How literary expression can counter fear and anxiety at an uncertain moment in American history
Nocturnal Animals: The Art Without the Heart
Tom Ford's second feature displays the same emphatic style as A Single Man, but it never quite penetrates beneath its beautiful surfaces.
The Edge of Seventeen Is an Instant Teen Classic
Kelly Fremon Craig’s debut film avoids genre tropes to deliver a beautiful, sometimes abrasive, coming-of-age story.
Zadie Smith on the Politics of Fiction
“I wouldn’t have thought that I would write on political subjects,” she says. “But I have, quite a lot.”
Finding Meaning in the Mannequin Challenge
Is it just a coincidence that the No. 1 song in the country owes its popularity to people hitting pause on history?
What Gwen Ifill Knew About Race in America
“If I weren’t a better person … I swear, I would worry about our lovely nation,” she once told me.
Selfishness Is Complicated in You’re the Worst
The FX show’s largely hopeful third season saw all its characters try to become better people—often by ironically putting themselves first.