Karl Vick

Karl Vick is an Editor at Large based in New York. From 2010 to the autumn of 2014 he was the Jerusalem Bureau Chief, covering Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories with occasional forays into other lands.

Recent Articles

'It Is a Battle for Facts.' What Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa Understands About Why She Was Chosen

If Maria Ressa long has been known to people who follow the news, she has become absolutely essential to anyone grappling with why the news has gotten harder and harder to follow. Born in Manila...

By Karl Vick October 8, 2021

Cops Involved in Fatal Minneapolis Shooting Hire Lawyers

As relatives of Terrance Franklin accuse police of lying about his death, officers involved in the shooting have been given separate lawyers, suggesting a shift in the case

By Karl Vick October 7, 2021

The Overlapping Worlds of Author Amor Towles

Amor Towles had never actually been beneath the vaulted ceiling of an Adirondack lake house when he described the one in his 2011 debut, the best-selling Rules of Civility. He could only imagine the appeal...

By Karl Vick/Garrison, N.Y. September 29, 2021

Efforts to Review a Killing by Minneapolis Police Hit Roadblock

A state agency has refused to reopen the controversial killing of Terrance Franklin by Minneapolis police, but it's not over yet

By Karl Vick July 28, 2021

Minnesota Attorney General 'Appalled' by 2013 Police Shooting

The prosecutors who won a conviction for the murder of George Floyd say they are focused anew on the case of a young Black man killed by Minneapolis police in 2013. Terrance Franklin was 22...

By Karl Vick/Minneapolis July 22, 2021

Old Video Sheds New Light on a Police Killing

A long-overlooked video and its scratchy audio are key to demands that Terrance Franklin's shooting death by Minneapolis police in 2013 be re-examined

By Josiah Bates June 25, 2021

Michael Lewis Found the People Who Should Have Been in Charge During the Pandemic

In his new book, The Premonition: A Pandemic Story, Michael Lewis does what Michael Lewis does better than anyone: He makes a problem of apparently ungodly complexity not only comprehensible but also a pleasure to...

By Karl Vick May 3, 2021

Colombian President Duque on Welcoming Venezuelan Refugees

Why Colombia opened its arms to Venezuelan refugees

By Karl Vick March 20, 2021

Islamist Terrorism Is Not Done With Us, Former al Qaeda Hostage Theo Padnos Warns

Remember ISIS? How about al Qaeda? It was not long ago (on the calendar, at least) that either name could summon, if not profound discomfort, at least a hint of the queasiness that swept over...

By Karl Vick February 25, 2021

A Photographer's Diary of 12 Months in Trump's America

It would be too much to say that if you’ve seen one Trump rally you’ve seen them all. But “they all follow a predictable pattern,” says Peter van Agtmael, who has been attending them since...

By Peter van Agtmael January 19, 2021
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