Trial
Cultural Comment
Stormy Daniels’s American Dream
Donald Trump’s lawyers tried to portray the scrappy adult-film actress as a lying profiteer. Instead, she emerged as an intelligent, credible witness who is also very good at making money.
Our Local Correspondents
Who’s Afraid of Judging Donald Trump? Lots of People
At the ex-President’s criminal trial, where Trump has been reprimanded for intimidating a potential juror, and a man self-immolated outside, it has been challenging to find twelve people willing to sit in the jury box.
Our Local Correspondents
Nine Regular People Tell Donald Trump to Shut Up and Pay Up
A New York jury ordered the ex-President to pay the writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million. Will the verdict bust the myth that he’s immune to consequences?
The Front Row
“Saint Omer,” Reviewed: A Harrowing Trial Inspires a Complex, Brilliant Film
At the heart of Alice Diop’s stunning courtroom drama, about a woman who is charged with infanticide, is the power of language to spark imagination.
Letter from Los Angeles
The Harvey Weinstein Trial and the Myth of the Perfect Perpetrator
If Weinstein is acquitted in L.A., it will be tempting to conclude that #MeToo is over. But, even if he is convicted, some may reach the same conclusion.
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Bannon’s Lawyers Argue That Imprisoning Him Would Be Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Other Prisoners
Forcing prisoners to be locked up with Bannon would violate “not only the Constitution but the Geneva Conventions,” an attorney said.
Our Columnists
Trump’s Defense Was an Insult to the Proceedings and an Assault on Reason
The trial affirmed Hannah Arendt’s insight that a pair of paradoxical qualities characterize the audiences of totalitarian leaders: gullibility and cynicism.
Daily Comment
The Beauty of Jamie Raskin’s America, on Display at Trump’s Impeachment Trial
A voice from the left defends the very center of American history.
Culture Desk
The Kim Wall Murder Trial Starts in Denmark
News Desk
The Case Against Cash Bail
News Desk