Bryan Stevenson on lynching, Matthew Cobb on DNA modification

Weekend reading: How America’s history of racial injustice continues to shape our criminal justice system, the ethics of genetic modification, and the unnerving comedy of Louis C.K. Plus the Supreme Court term, Utamaro’s Edo-era prostitutes, Ellen Berkenblit’s objects, the Romanian New Wave, Trump and Andrew Jackson, a revenge attack in London, and the deeper conflicts that ISIS’s military defeat will leave behind. [A Presumption of Guilt]( Bryan Stevenson Lynching had a profound effect on race relations in the United States and defined the geographic, political, social, and economic conditions of African-Americans in ways that are still evident today. [Fathers & Daughters]( Elaine Blair Louie may be the first sitcom featuring children that’s wholly inappropriate for children to watch. [The Gene-Editing Revolution]( Matthew Cobb New genetic technologies raise complex and urgent questions about the kind of society we want. NYR Daily [Iraq: The Battle to Come]( Joost Hiltermann ISIS’s military defeat will hardly put an end to the conflicts that gave rise to the group. [Tigers, Horses, and Stripes]( Dan Nadel The things in Ellen Berkenblit’s paintings seem to be malleable and evocative receptacles of color and texture. [Myth-Maker of the Brothel]( Ian Buruma Of all the masters of the woodblock print in the Edo Period, Utamaro has the most colorful reputation. [How Far Will the Court Go?]( David Cole The travel ban won’t be the only big case before the Court next term. [The Nineteenth-Century Trump]( Daniel Howe Donald Trump has often been likened to Andrew Jackson; this is welcomed and encouraged by Trump himself. [Romania: On the Border of the Real]( Adam Thirlwell In Cristian Mungiu’s new film, domestic duplicity is overtaken by a larger network of moral compromise. [Britain: When Vengeance Spreads]( Christopher de Bellaigue Finsbury Park was the first time the UK has experienced tit-for-tat communal killings since the Irish Troubles. The New York Review of Books 435 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](