Come On, People Come On, People
A new book by Bill Cosby and Alvin Poussaint is a tough-love prescription for social change. Why are critics in the black community piling on?
Nov 14, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Amy Alexander
More Money, Les Moonves More Money, Les Moonves
Seen, heard and observed on the picket line in Los Angeles as the WGA strike enters its second week.
Nov 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Annabelle Gurwitch
Susan Faludi: America’s Terror Dream Susan Faludi: America’s Terror Dream
A discussion with the author of The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, the master narrative of our national security myth.
Nov 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rashi Kesarwani
Writers Strike, Silence Falls Writers Strike, Silence Falls
As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there's no...
Nov 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich
Judging Thomas Judging Thomas
A close look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals a deeply conservative and increasingly bitter man.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
In Our Orbit In Our Orbit
Edward Said's musical predilections capture the full complexity of the master theorist.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff
Fukú Americanus Fukú Americanus
Junot Díaz's masterful new novel maps the ambiguities in the modern immigrant experience in America.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
ART in America ART in America
Two new books explore the possibilities and ethical complications of assisted reproductive technology.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Reading Lincoln in Pakistan Reading Lincoln in Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf wraps himself in Lincoln's mantle, but no one is fooled.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Noted. Noted.
Peter Rothberg on extremist judges, Peter C. Baker on Radiohead.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / The Editors