Chuck Berry’s Poetry Endures Chuck Berry’s Poetry Endures
Berry was a highly original and influential guitarist and as great a songwriter as rock ’n’ roll has ever produced.
Mar 20, 2017 / David Hajdu
Trump’s Plan to Eliminate Public Broadcasting Would Hurt Listeners in Trump Country Trump’s Plan to Eliminate Public Broadcasting Would Hurt Listeners in Trump Country
Stations that serve rural areas neglected by corporate media would lose their funding.
Mar 16, 2017 / John Nichols
Weeping Cherry Weeping Cherry
On a plateau, with little volcanic mountains, a muddy river, dangerous when the snow melts, a fertile valley, cattle breeders, and a music academy, a tall, handsome, agile people,…
Mar 16, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Henri Cole
When Downtown Was Up When Downtown Was Up
A new exhibition on New York’s artist-run galleries reminds us of a vibrant but now distant past.
Mar 16, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands
How many times in the last two months have we all woken up and wondered what the hell Trump is going on about now?
Mar 15, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
Puzzle No. 3427 Puzzle No. 3427
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Composer’s material: one supporting Annan even halfway (6,9) 9 Care of flower: It can protect a tabletop (7) 10 Co…
Mar 15, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Trump’s America Is Like a Dystopian Novel, With One Importance Difference Trump’s America Is Like a Dystopian Novel, With One Importance Difference
We’re not readers, but active participants—with the ability to rewrite the ending.
Mar 13, 2017 / John Feffer
Stop the Trump Administration From Defunding the Arts and Humanities Stop the Trump Administration From Defunding the Arts and Humanities
This is not about fiscal responsibility.
Mar 13, 2017 / NationAction
Atwood Road Atwood Road
(in memory, Jonathan Schell) A mile from Slough Pond’s glacial hush, a folded newspaper hat kept your bashed head cool, like the kite you made, three decades ago, from paper and tw…
Mar 9, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Cynthia Zarin
Puzzle No. 3426 Puzzle No. 3426
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Makes furnace a must in a storm (12) 9 Restless cop nuked a dessert (5,4) 10 Many bees could be shot, almost? (5)…
Mar 9, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto