Culture wars

Free Speech Rally at UC Berkeley

The Dark Money Behind Campus Speech Wars The Dark Money Behind Campus Speech Wars

Speech First has ties to the billionaire Koch brothers and high-profile conservative causes. But the campus culture wars won’t be won in the courts: You can’t litigate students int...

Jul 9, 2018 / Daniel Moattar

Statue of Liberty

The Problems of Liberalism: A Q&A With Patrick Deneen The Problems of Liberalism: A Q&A With Patrick Deneen

An effort to determine whether common ground can, or should, be found between factions of the left and right against liberalism.

May 28, 2018 / Q&A / Joseph Hogan

Finding a Way Back Home

Finding a Way Back Home Finding a Way Back Home

The many Philip Roths.

May 25, 2018 / David Marcus

Padshahnama Wall

Why the Battle for India’s Past Is a Fight for Its Future Why the Battle for India’s Past Is a Fight for Its Future

Seventy years after partition, India’s ruling party is using history to divide the country.

Aug 15, 2017 / Kanishk Tharoor

Immigration Protest

Trump Has Declared a Culture War—This Is How to Fight Back Trump Has Declared a Culture War—This Is How to Fight Back

Democrats must not compromise on fundamental principles.

Aug 10, 2017 / Column / Laila Lalami

1960 West Berlin Congress of Cultural Freedom

How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers

Joel Whitney talks about his book Finks, which exposes the agency’s corruption of American culture during the Cold War.

May 31, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

International Women's Day Strike in NYC

It’s Time to Resurrect the Counterculture Movement It’s Time to Resurrect the Counterculture Movement

The largest progressive mobilization since the Vietnam era offers a unique opportunity.

Apr 17, 2017 / Ira Chernus

Protesters at the Human Be-In, San Francisco 1967

All the Human Be-In Was Saying 50 Years Ago, Was Give Peace a Chance All the Human Be-In Was Saying 50 Years Ago, Was Give Peace a Chance

Then, as now, many in the political classes looked down on supposedly impractical efforts to change consciousness.

Jan 13, 2017 / Danny Goldberg

Love in a Time of Capital: An Interview With Moira Weigel

Love in a Time of Capital: An Interview With Moira Weigel Love in a Time of Capital: An Interview With Moira Weigel

The author of a new history of dating talks with Nation advice columnist Liza Featherstone.

Aug 29, 2016 / Q&A / Liza Featherstone

David Bowie Set Off My Inner Squeal

David Bowie Set Off My Inner Squeal David Bowie Set Off My Inner Squeal

As I was growing up in 1960s England, Bowie gave me room to find myself.

Jan 14, 2016 / Laura Flanders

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