‘Imprisoned men and women are the drivers of a multibillion-dollar shadow economy: its laborers and its prey’

‘For decades, Manafort gave guidance to murderers around the world. It was only in America, the country that had shaped his tactics, that he found a partial comeuppance.’

‘If you wish to celebrate yourself, to feel part of something bigger, to express pride in a heritage, you can do better than the cruel sucking nullity of whiteness’

‘New York has a long history of radical women who have stood at the helm of social movements, often in times of great social ferment.’

In praise of close friends and cold soup

‘I have chosen to fight, to raise a big and hideous and ungovernable howl for the girl I was and the girls who have yet to be’

‘At the root of the Russia scandal are the parallels between Trump and Putin that animate all our president’s unsavory behavior: a willingness to loot and an eagerness to lie’

‘Musk’s gesture to help Flint suits his flair for showmanship; it typifies his attitude toward public action’

‘A country without legal abortion is not a country without abortion. It’s just a country in which more women die.’

‘The call to be meek and passive feels like an insult. Even a turned cheek burns when it’s slapped.’