The hearing that broke America.
On Thursday, September 27, Americans were witness to what was almost surely the most wrenching, emotional day of political history since Donald Trump was elected president. In the morning, heartrending testimony of sexual assault; in the afternoon, a howling jeremiad of partisan resentment. In theory, the hearing was designed to bring some resolution to two very divergent memories. But what it revealed instead was two different universes— one in which the victims of assault were cracking the system of predation and privilege that had so long targeted them, and another in which a left-wing conspiracy had abandoned all principle to score a partisan victory. It was also a simple two-act drama starring two magnetic principals begging to be analyzed, who seemed to contain the country’s whole convulsive psychodrama between them.
Three Women
Heartbreaking starts and stops.
This story is from the {{IssueName}} edition of {{MagazineName}}.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the {{IssueName}} edition of {{MagazineName}}.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
Verily, Are the Kids All Right?
A Romeo and Juliet production that's all (vape) smoke and shimmer.
Masterpieces, Then and Now
The Met reunites Siena Renaissance paintings for the first time in centuries.
Heritage Regained
A fantastical documentary follows the return of 26 plundered artworks to Benin.
Emilia Pérez States Its Case Right Away
The film's impressive opening number drops you into a world of corruption and chaos.
WHEN KYLIE JENNER WRITES A NOVEL
Celebrities occasionally like to try their hand at fiction. But who’s really the author?
Emily Watson Is in Charge
The double Oscar nominee grew up in a cultlike organization. Acting became her way out of it.
RESTAURANT REVIEW: Everyone's Eating at Bridges
Manhattan's hottest restaurant doesn't play it safe.
Upstairs From His Favorite Italian Restaurant
Ryan Lawson designs other people’s places differently from how he did his own Village apartment.
165 MINUTES WITH...Mike and Kiki Tyson
After a near-death experience, the boxer is preparing, his wife by his side, for his big fight against Jake Paul.
Neighborhood News: Attention, Satmar Shoppers
At Williamsburg's W Mall, a milchig food court and refuge for weary mothers.
