Esperando a Mills Esperando a Mills
Recordamos la vida y el trabajo notable del sociólogo estadounidense quien a pesar de la fatiga de la Oficina Federal de Investigación se quedó muy dedicado a ...
Mar 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ricardo Alarcón
Waiting for C. Wright Mills Waiting for C. Wright Mills
Remembering the remarkable life and work of the American sociologist who, despite FBI harassment, remained engaged in the Cuban Revolution.
Mar 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ricardo Alarcón
Take the Money and Run Take the Money and Run
New biographies of Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon depict the two primeval capitalists in all their contradictory complexity.
Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser
Made in USA Made in USA
Two books about Kofi Annan illuminate the controlling relationship between the US and the United Nations.
Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Perry Anderson
King of Calypso King of Calypso
In praise of Harry Belafonte, on his eightieth birthday.
Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Walter Mosley
Soft-Core Sexism Soft-Core Sexism
If movies reflect our shared consensus about right and wrong, Black Snake Moan speaks volumes about twenty-first-century America.
Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Guantánamo, Dred Scott and the Amistad Guantánamo, Dred Scott and the Amistad
The US Supreme Court should look back on its most regrettable and most courageous decisions.
Mar 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
The Things They Carried The Things They Carried
Reviews of The Host, The Wind That Shakes the Barley and The Namesake.
Mar 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Spoils of Indian Democracy The Spoils of Indian Democracy
Two new books show how perceptions of India have been shaped and distorted by rhapsodic portrayals of its business elite.
Mar 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb
The Restless Mind The Restless Mind
At the Same Time, Susan Sontag's posthumous collection of essays and speeches, reveals her rapt attention to the world around her.
Mar 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Harding