Sarah Huckabee Sanders, You’re No Jack Kennedy Sarah Huckabee Sanders, You’re No Jack Kennedy
Trying to evoke a lost Cold War consensus, the GOP’s rising star conflated “normal” with “crazy.”
Feb 10, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Heartbreak Is Life: Reflections of a Football Fan Heartbreak Is Life: Reflections of a Football Fan
Like life, football is ultimately about loss, struggle, grace, danger, and finding joy wherever we can.
Feb 10, 2023 / Photo Essay / JoAnn Wypijewski
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll Took Place 60 Years Ago Today The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll Took Place 60 Years Ago Today
From Emmett Till to Hattie Carroll to Amadou Diallo to Freddie Gray to Breonna Taylor to Tyre Nichols—the senseless deaths caused by the racism embedded in the DNA of our country h...
Feb 9, 2023 / Marc Steiner
The Beautiful and Useless Return of “Avatar” The Beautiful and Useless Return of “Avatar”
James Cameron has spent a fortune to bring audiences back to Pandora. Was it worth it?
Feb 8, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
Bruce Springsteen and These Lost Years Bruce Springsteen and These Lost Years
After Covid, he and the E Street Band are celebrating, but also continuing their mourning tour. It won’t end. Until it does.
Feb 6, 2023 / Joan Walsh
Always That Guy: Bill Maher’s Pliable Right-Wing Brand Always That Guy: Bill Maher’s Pliable Right-Wing Brand
CNN banks on the commentary of an obliging provocateur as it veers rightward.
Feb 6, 2023 / Ben Schwartz
Raving Balloonatics Take Over Washington Raving Balloonatics Take Over Washington
"Mr. President, we must not allow…a balloon gap!"
Feb 6, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Barrett Strong Wrote America’s Most Urgent Anti-War Song Barrett Strong Wrote America’s Most Urgent Anti-War Song
The Motown legend, who died last weekend, cowrote “War,” one of the most electrifying protest songs in American history.
Feb 1, 2023 / John Nichols
Buckminster Fuller’s Hall of Mirrors Buckminster Fuller’s Hall of Mirrors
Alec Nevala-Lee’s new biography assesses the complicated legacy of an architect better known for his image than his work.
Feb 1, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Luis Martinez
When My Song “Rich People” Went Viral, It Didn‘t Make Me Rich When My Song “Rich People” Went Viral, It Didn‘t Make Me Rich
If making a fortune is your goal, a career in music will take you a long way—in the wrong direction.
Jan 30, 2023 / Carsie Blanton