Books & the Arts

Lincoln’s Antiwar Record Lincoln’s Antiwar Record

Looking for a model lawmaker who called a President to account for launching a war on fabricated grounds? Consider Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln's rebuke of James Polk.

Feb 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

Winter Light Winter Light

Stuart Klawans reviews Into Great Silence, Sátántangó and the Museum of Modern Art's retrospective of Abbas Kiarostami's films.

Feb 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Remembering Norma Rae Remembering Norma Rae

Why does Hollywood render unions and the working class invisible?

Feb 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Robert Nathan and Jo-Ann Mort

GOP ‘Catch the Immigrant’ Game Catches Flak GOP ‘Catch the Immigrant’ Game Catches Flak

College Republicans staged a tasteless game at NYU and hundreds of students showed up to oppose them.

Feb 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Sam Graham-Felsen

What Really Matters What Really Matters

Candidates and the media should focus on the real issues facing this country: ending the war and bringing our troops home.

Feb 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Strains of Inspiration The Strains of Inspiration

The Friendship describes how Wordsworth and Coleridge's fiercely uneven relationship affected their lives and work.

Feb 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Rée

Liberalism’s Lost Libretto Liberalism’s Lost Libretto

Tom Stoppard's epic Coast of Utopia speaks as much to the state of the American left as it does to the roots of Russia's revolution.

Feb 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

Rory Kennedy's new documentary examines the plight of torture victims in Iraq and stirs political passions at home.

Feb 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Wes Enzinna

Sect Symbols Sect Symbols

To understand why the playground of Beirut has again become a battleground, look beyond the myth-making biographies of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Feb 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Annia Ciezadlo

White History 101 White History 101

Why can't white people and black people have access to a shared history that is accurate, honest, antiracist and inclusive?

Feb 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Gary Younge

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