Close Encounters of the Lou Reed Kind Close Encounters of the Lou Reed Kind
Remembering Lou Reed.
Oct 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
China U. China U.
Confucius Institutes censor political discussions and restrain the free exchange of ideas. Why, then, do American universities sponsor them?
Oct 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Marshall Sahlins
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Emily Brady’s Humboldt explains why the legalization of pot could cause the biggest economic bust in California’s history.
Oct 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Kate Murphy
Lou Reed’s Politics Lou Reed’s Politics
Singing against apartheid and for Tibetan freedom, working with Amnesty International and standing with Occupy Wall Street, he was an artist who spoke up and showed up.
Oct 27, 2013 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
History’s Sinkhole History’s Sinkhole
How did the US-Mexican border become the place where the American past chokes on itself?
Oct 22, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin
Jim Crow II Jim Crow II
A history of the fight for voting rights and the movement to restrict them once again.
Oct 22, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman
Sinners Sinners
Jia Zhangke’s Touch of Sin, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, and other highs (and lows) from the New York Film Festival.
Oct 22, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Denise Levertov’s poetic communion with the world.
Oct 22, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
The Long and Short of Memory The Long and Short of Memory
What the modern science of memory owes to the amnesiac patient H.M.
Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Charles Gross
Dignity’s Due Dignity’s Due
Why are philosophers invoking the notion of human dignity to revitalize theories of political ethics?
Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn