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
War Drums on Iran War Drums on Iran
To rein in the President's efforts to provoke a confrontation with Iran, Congress can start by nullifying his authority to wage war.
Feb 16, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Before the Law Before the Law
Isaac B. Singer: A Life fails to fully illustrate the complexity of the writer's struggle with his heritage.
Feb 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick