Shreya Chattopadhyay

1 week ago | thedriftmag.com | Shreya Chattopadhyay

Among the barrage of edicts issued by Trump in the early days of his second term was Executive Order 14160, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” which seeks to redefine the citizenship clause in the Fourteenth Amendment by revoking birthright citizenship for the children of all undocumented, and some authorized, immigrants.

2 weeks ago | thedriftmag.com | Shreya Chattopadhyay

In November 2024, one week after the presidential election, I attended the United Nations climate change conference in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, a major oil producer. The globe was still reeling from Trump’s victory, which many negotiators believed would spell the withdrawal of the United States from the climate fight. Trump had pledged to exit the Paris climate accord and “terminate the Green New Deal” — a reference to Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

3 weeks ago | thedriftmag.com | Shreya Chattopadhyay

Issue 15 Preview  | May 15, 2025 A typically deranged February DOJ memo designating immigration enforcement as the department’s new priority begins with a little rhetorical flourish: “The Department of Justice is the only federal agency with a name that includes a moral imperative.” By now, we have all become so inured to the Trump administration’s talent for stripping meaning from words that this line almost doesn’t faze; it’d be corny to call it Orwellian.

Apr 5, 2024 | nytimes.com | Shreya Chattopadhyay

What to Read Find Your Next Book Spring Preview: Fiction Spring Nonfiction Preview April Releases 22 Funny Novels What to Read Find Your Next Book Spring Preview: Fiction Spring Nonfiction Preview April Releases 22 Funny Novels A hectic high-profile adaptation for Audible plays fast and loose with George Orwell's original text. 1984, by George Orwell, read by Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Tom Hardy, Chukwudi Iwuji and others.

Nov 17, 2023 | nytimes.com | Shreya Chattopadhyay

6 New Paperbacks to Read This WeekShreya ChattopadhyayReporting for the Books desk Not sure what to read next? This week’s picks include a new translation of Pedro Páramo, Haruki Murakami’s reflections on writing, an acclaimed biography of J. Edgar Hoover and more. Here are six paperbacks we recommend →Pedro Páramo, by Juan Rulfo; translated by Douglas J.