The Presidential Empire The Presidential Empire
Has the American presidency become overwhelmed by its ever-expanding powers?
Feb 8, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Karen J. Greenberg
Organized Labor’s Lost Generations Organized Labor’s Lost Generations
Unions have struggled to make substantial gains since the ’70s, but not for the reasons historians think.
Feb 7, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Gabriel Winant
Abbas Kiarostami’s Posthumous Poem Abbas Kiarostami’s Posthumous Poem
In the Iranian filmmaker's last film, he has figured out a new way to stretch time.
Feb 6, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
TV’s Dystopia Boom TV’s Dystopia Boom
The nightmarish future ain’t what it used to be.
Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Evan Kindley
You’ve Been on Earth So Long Already You’ve Been on Earth So Long Already
All my life all I’ve wanted was to be myself and someone else. Not theirs but them. My shame about this greed made me hesitant with other children. I wanted what they wanted, but a…
Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Metzger
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