What Are Children’s Books For? What Are Children’s Books For?
A new exhibit, The ABC of It, asks grown-up questions about literature for kids.
Sep 18, 2013 / Lizzy Ratner
Frank Bruni, the Plutocrats’ Pundit Frank Bruni, the Plutocrats’ Pundit
All too often, the most prestigious perch in journalism—the New York Times op-ed page—is given to those who flatter the powerful.
Sep 18, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman
George Zimmerman’s Way Is the American Way George Zimmerman’s Way Is the American Way
Instead of focusing on the psychology of Trayvon Martin’s killer, we should be examining the meaning of his actions.
Sep 18, 2013 / Column / Gary Younge
An Argument With Instruments: On Charles Mingus An Argument With Instruments: On Charles Mingus
How a jazz artist’s relationship to black identity gave his music its stormy weather.
Sep 17, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Adam Shatz
First Saturday of Summer in Virginia First Saturday of Summer in Virginia
Day lilies dotting the ditches orange, between tilting mailboxes, amid blue chicory and swales of yellow buttercups. Northwest on Jefferson Highway, alert for bright yellow signs printed YARD SALE, freight train clanging on my right. To follow arrows onto gravel driveways through the woods to arrive at run-down trailers or two-story homes with wraparound porches, wide front lawns and tables of children’s clothing, glassware, games, dolls, obsolete electronics. All around, blue tarps on wet grass with bags of worn quilts and sheets, paired shoes and boots, jeans laid out like Civil War soldiers piled in an open grave. To drive from sale to sale as the sun climbs the sky, blue as Hollywood eyes, coffee in a GO cup. To end at the Art & Craft Show at St. Jude’s, where men with orange flags direct parking across the street from mounds of mulch, gravel, sand, compost. To watch a teen tap dance to the beat of a jangly country song, swirling her flared skirt.
Sep 17, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joan Mazza
Salaam Cinema: On Mohsen Makhmalbaf Salaam Cinema: On Mohsen Makhmalbaf
An Iranian director’s ongoing meditations on the nature of illusion and reality, truth and consequences.
Sep 17, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Adina Hoffman
Puzzle No. 3295 Puzzle No. 3295
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Sep 17, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Students Demand End to NYU Ties With Deathtrap Factories in Bangladesh Students Demand End to NYU Ties With Deathtrap Factories in Bangladesh
By pressuring universities to cut their contracts, students can put meaningful pressure on international corporations to respond to the demands of workers.
Sep 17, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Letters Letters
The March on Washington at 50… tip in cash—please… education “reform” is a scam… monetize this!
Sep 17, 2013 / Our Readers
De la revista The Nation: Las investigaciones de Saúl Landau sobre los vínculos de EUA y el régimen de Pinochet De la revista The Nation: Las investigaciones de Saúl Landau sobre los vínculos de EUA y el régimen de Pinochet
Fue para The Nation un honor publicar su trabajo en un momento tan tempranos y definitivo en su carrera, cuando él trató de descubrir quién fue el responsable de la muerte brutal y...
Sep 17, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel