Books & the Arts

How Art Inspires Change

How Art Inspires Change How Art Inspires Change

The Nation and the Center for Community Change partnered together for an essay contest in which young people were asked to submit a photo they found meaningful and an essay ex...

Sep 17, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation and Faron Manuel

What Is India?

What Is India? What Is India?

Why India’s boom years have been a bust.

Sep 16, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb

Gordimer’s Way

Gordimer’s Way Gordimer’s Way

The Nobel laureate’s short stories are her lasting legacy to the literary world.

Sep 16, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Tony Eprile

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

The secret history of invisible ink.

Sep 16, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Ghosting Around

Ghosting Around Ghosting Around

In the stories of Kjell Askildsen, all that the men want is to be unseen.

Sep 16, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

Of Optics and Objectivity: How Journalism Is Failing Our Democracy

Of Optics and Objectivity: How Journalism Is Failing Our Democracy Of Optics and Objectivity: How Journalism Is Failing Our Democracy

Eric on "The Beatles in Mono" and Reed on how the emphasis on optics skews our democratic priorities.

Sep 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Survival of the Sexiest

Survival of the Sexiest Survival of the Sexiest

How evolutionary psychology went viral.

Sep 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Mal Ahern and Moira Weigel

Language and Blood

Language and Blood Language and Blood

In 1941, genocide broke out in Croatia, and we still cannot explain why.

Sep 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / John Connelly

Prominent Vacuums

Prominent Vacuums Prominent Vacuums

Nadav Schirman’s The Green Prince is a fact-free documentary about collaboration.

Sep 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

In Mardin

In Mardin In Mardin

Among the Kurds in southeastern Turkey.

Sep 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

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