Books & the Arts

Pleasures of the Tixte Pleasures of the Tixte

Has any book had a greater influence on the English language than the Bible?

Oct 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Are Lou Dobbs’s Workers Undocumented? Isabel Macdonald Explains on Democracy Now! Are Lou Dobbs’s Workers Undocumented? Isabel Macdonald Explains on Democracy Now!

Investigative journalist Isabel Macdonald explains how she uncovered Lou Dobbs's immigration hypocrisy for her explosive article in this issue of The Nation.

Oct 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Democracy Now!

The Antisocial Network

The Antisocial Network The Antisocial Network

As Facebook continues to shape norms online and set the bar for aspiring start-ups, it is worth remembering the premise that it was built on.

Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Melber

Representative Women

Representative Women Representative Women

Christine Stansell's The Feminist Promise is a landmark book, yet is indifferent to the role of ideas in feminism's history.

Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Martha C. Nussbaum

Doing the Time: On Paul Chan Doing the Time: On Paul Chan

Waiting for Godot in New Orleans is a field guide to the life of an idea worked out in a community over eight months.

Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nick Stillman

Traps Traps

David Fincher's The Social Network; Yael Hersonki's A Film Unfinished; Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today

Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Fair Warning Fair Warning

In Our Orbit: Tom Engelhardt's The American Way of War.

Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel

In ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ An All-Too-Real World In ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ An All-Too-Real World

In Terence Winter's too-beautiful Boardwalk Empire, the disconnect between "dry" Washington and the "wet," thoroughly corrupt real world is as blatant as i...

Oct 1, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter

Slavery & Climate Change

Slavery & Climate Change Slavery & Climate Change

On October 10, more than 7,000 actions in 180 countries will celebrate solutions to climate change in what is expected to be the greatest number of recorded protests in a single da...

Sep 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Mark Hertsgaard

Fighting for Change, Longing for the Sea Fighting for Change, Longing for the Sea

Predictable Democratic losses in November aren't what we should fear. The real danger is in a political environment unable to build even the most tenuous bridges across partisan di...

Sep 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Melissa Harris-Perry

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