Arts and Entertainment

6 Feet Back

6 Feet Back 6 Feet Back

Threading wisdom.

Apr 14, 2020 / OppArt / Judy Polstra

Amazing Grace and Courage Amid the Plague

Amazing Grace and Courage Amid the Plague Amazing Grace and Courage Amid the Plague

But also racism and xenophobia, as Trump sows ever more chaos and hatred in his bid to win reelection.

Apr 14, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Image of JFK with the lettering

JFK, Bob Dylan, and the Death of the American Dream JFK, Bob Dylan, and the Death of the American Dream

How Dylan’s new song, “Murder Most Foul,” speaks to my generation and pierces our collective soul.

Apr 13, 2020 / Tim Shorrock

Bubonic plague illustration

The Tangled History of Illness and Idiocy The Tangled History of Illness and Idiocy

The pandemic is stress-testing two concepts Americans have historically gotten wrong.

Apr 13, 2020 / Jessi Jezewska Stevens

John Turturro stands at a podium with microphones, playing a rabbi in The Plot Against America

Philip Roth’s Dystopia Hits Awfully Close to Home Philip Roth’s Dystopia Hits Awfully Close to Home

HBO’s adaption of The Plot Against America is set in an alternative reality with the same anxieties as our own.

Apr 10, 2020 / Jeet Heer

On Pins and Needles

On Pins and Needles On Pins and Needles

Coronavirus quilt.

Apr 8, 2020 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández

Pop Music Has Always Been Queer

Pop Music Has Always Been Queer Pop Music Has Always Been Queer

Sasha Geffen’s debut book reveals that the history of pop music is a history of gender rebellion.

Apr 8, 2020 / Q&A / Tal Milovina

Echo: From the Mountains

Echo: From the Mountains Echo: From the Mountains

Unicorns brought the news of human reason to the border So we gassed them. It was unlike the echo of guitars in a stone Cathedral or midnight’s crow landing snow in a field of whea…

Apr 7, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Roger Reeves

The Coronavirus Reveals That the Stars Are Not Like Us

The Coronavirus Reveals That the Stars Are Not Like Us The Coronavirus Reveals That the Stars Are Not Like Us

If there was ever a fourth wall dividing celebrities and the rest of us on social media, the quarantine has broken it.

Apr 3, 2020 / Column / Kali Holloway

In Memoriam: Michael Sorkin, 1948–2020

In Memoriam: Michael Sorkin, 1948–2020 In Memoriam: Michael Sorkin, 1948–2020

Michael Sorkin was The Nation’s architecture critic from 2013 to 2020.

Apr 2, 2020 / Obituary / Mike Davis

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