Books & the Arts

Chris Hayes: Why We Need ‘The Nation’ Today

Chris Hayes: Why We Need ‘The Nation’ Today Chris Hayes: Why We Need ‘The Nation’ Today

MSNBC's Chris Hayes celebrates The Nation's 150th anniversary.

Apr 1, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Press Room

Trevor Noah’s Tweets Are Awful and Sexist. Don’t Fire Him for Them.

Trevor Noah’s Tweets Are Awful and Sexist. Don’t Fire Him for Them. Trevor Noah’s Tweets Are Awful and Sexist. Don’t Fire Him for Them.

The best response to the new Daily Show host’s sexism would be to put more women in the writers’ room.

Mar 31, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Michelle Goldberg

Animal Education

Animal Education Animal Education

War between men and dogs looms in the Budapest of White God; Ethan Hawke pays homage to New York City’s greatest piano teacher in Seymour: An Introduction.

Mar 31, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Into the Woods

Into the Woods Into the Woods

The fight between terrorism and tourism in Algeria’s Atlas Mountains.

Mar 31, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Malika Rahal

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/27/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/27/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/27/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/27/15?

Mar 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

Inequality and Broken Windows

Inequality and Broken Windows Inequality and Broken Windows

Eric responds to his critics and reviews the best shows of the week in today's Altercation.

Mar 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

From Lenin to Lego

From Lenin to Lego From Lenin to Lego

Snowpiercer mocks what The Lego Movie cheers—a happy world of compulsory production.

Mar 24, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

We Have Been Talking About Football’s Brutality for 120 Years

We Have Been Talking About Football’s Brutality for 120 Years We Have Been Talking About Football’s Brutality for 120 Years

American parents should keep their sons out of the game.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

Adolph Reed Destroys ‘The Bell Curve’

Adolph Reed Destroys ‘The Bell Curve’ Adolph Reed Destroys ‘The Bell Curve’

Despite their concern to insulate themselves from the appearance of racism, Herrnstein and Murray display a perspective worthy of an Alabama filling station.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Adolph Reed Jr.

Tight Rope Tight Rope

July 13, 1963 We live in fragments like speech. Like the fits of wind, shivering against the window. Pieces of meaning, pierced and strung together. The bright bead of the poem, the bright bead of your woman’s laughter. This article is part of The Nation’s 150th Anniversary Special Issue. Download a free PDF of the issue, with articles by James Baldwin, Barbara Ehrenreich, Toni Morrison, Howard Zinn and many more, here. The Nation was one of the first major publications to print LeRoi Jones’s work, including his 1964 essay on the fight between Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston. Jones (1934–2014) later changed his name to Amiri Baraka. 

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / LeRoi Jones

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