White Is the New White White Is the New White
It’s time white women drop the practice of authenticating—and profiting from—the experiences of women of color.
Aug 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Aura Bogado
The Misremembering of ‘I Have a Dream’ The Misremembering of ‘I Have a Dream’
Fifty years after the March on Washington, Dr. King’s most famous speech, like his own political legacy, is widely misunderstood.
Aug 14, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Gary Younge
How the Streets Honor Martin Luther King Jr. How the Streets Honor Martin Luther King Jr.
On city walls across the country, muralists and street artists depict him as a statesman, visionary, hero and martyr.
Aug 14, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Camilo José Vergara
Showing, Saying, Whistling: On Lorna Simpson and Ahlam Shibli Showing, Saying, Whistling: On Lorna Simpson and Ahlam Shibli
Two photographers focus on the difficulties of putting words to what one sees.
Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Fascist Sympathies: On Dorothea Brande Fascist Sympathies: On Dorothea Brande
Wake Up and Live! reveals the connection between the radical individualism of 1930s self-help manuals and fascist politics.
Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scutts
Fichte’s Way Fichte’s Way
Johann Gottlieb Fichte undertook a pure search for truth. He also distrusted international markets. Does that make him an ancestor to anti-globalization activists?
Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Rosen
‘Atlantic Rim’: Chomsky v. Zizek ‘Atlantic Rim’: Chomsky v. Zizek
An online dustup between two pop star penseurs shows them staggering through afterlives.
Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: James Baldwin’s Four Decades of Prophecy, Confession, Emotion and Style This Week in ‘Nation’ History: James Baldwin’s Four Decades of Prophecy, Confession, Emotion and Style
Baldwin published his first piece in The Nation, and for many years thereafter continued to attack a system he thought as close to anarchy as to martial law.
Aug 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Hiroshima and the Roots of American Secrecy This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Hiroshima and the Roots of American Secrecy
The bombing of Hiroshima changed everything; but it may not be too late to change it back.
Aug 3, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
For and Against Method For and Against Method
A painter who never lost sight of life’s being perpetually in transition.
Jul 31, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky