The staff writer Patricia Marx checks out the new vaccinated sections at New York’s Major League Baseball parks. The author and activist Sarah Schulman talks with David Remnick about her new book on the early years of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. The group’s radical tactics forced changes in government policy and transformed how America saw gay people and AIDS patients. Plus, the classical music giants Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax play a little Beethoven and talk about the role of music during the pandemic.
A Vaccinated Day at the Ballpark
The staff writer Patricia Marx checks out the new vaccinated seating sections at New York’s Major League Baseball parks.
The Early Days of ACT UP, and Its Lessons for Today’s Activists
The author Sarah Schulman on her new book about the AIDS political-action group and its transformative impact on America.
Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax on Beethoven’s Politics of the Cello
The musicians Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax explain how familiar music has taken on a new tone during the pandemic.