America Will Be America Will Be
after Langston Hughes I am now at the age where my father calls me brother when we say goodbye. Take care of yourself, brother, he whispers a half beat before we hang up the phone,…
Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Bennett
The Men Who Made the Third Reich The Men Who Made the Third Reich
How Hitler and the Nazis came to power.
Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
How the Spanish-American War Helped Lay the Groundwork for American Empire How the Spanish-American War Helped Lay the Groundwork for American Empire
Stephen Kinzer's new history captures how the United States has long been a country guided by both imperialist and isolationist instincts.
Jan 31, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple
CupcakKe’s Undeniable Joy CupcakKe’s Undeniable Joy
The exhilarating freedom and daring of Ephorize.
Jan 30, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen
Margins and the Mainstream at the New Museum’s ‘Trigger’ Margins and the Mainstream at the New Museum’s ‘Trigger’
As something that confutes the distinction between fact and fiction, gender is fundamentally congruent with art and aesthetics.
Jan 26, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
What Causes Some Cities to Become Sites of Revolution? What Causes Some Cities to Become Sites of Revolution?
To understand the American and French revolutions, one must look not simply at their origins in the wider world but also at how particular environments could become crucibles of in...
Jan 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
Feminist Living: Lynne Segal Feminist Living: Lynne Segal
For Segal, politics is not just about liberation but about collective joy.
Jan 24, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Charlotte Shane
Weed Shall Overcome Weed Shall Overcome
No other TV series captures daily life in New York City quite like HBO’s High Maintenance.
Jan 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Judy Berman
Paul Kingsnorth’s England Paul Kingsnorth’s England
In two new novels and a recent collection of essays, the English environmentalist and activist captures a country coming apart.
Jan 11, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Christopher de Bellaigue
The Precarious Generation The Precarious Generation
It’s not the kids these days that we need to worry about, but the world their parents helped build.
Jan 10, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Jones