This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Politics of Basketball This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Politics of Basketball
“College basketball is, as it was ten years ago, a maggoty mess of moral hypocrisy, out-and-out dishonesty, side-of-the-mouth connivery.”
Jun 8, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Gilded City The Gilded City
Struggling to survive in Bloomberg’s New York.
Apr 9, 2013 / The Nation
The Strange Arcane: On George Saunders The Strange Arcane: On George Saunders
In the short stories of Tenth of December, the impression of chaos belies a careful design.
Mar 20, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
What ‘Girls’ and ‘Shameless’ Teach Us About Being Broke, and Being Poor What ‘Girls’ and ‘Shameless’ Teach Us About Being Broke, and Being Poor
Girls’s Hannah and Shameless’s Fiona are both penniless twentysomethings finding their way through big cities, but Hannah has a college degree—and a safety net.
Jan 17, 2013 / Nona Willis Aronowitz
Without Public Arts Funding, We Wouldn’t Have ‘Les Misérables’ Without Public Arts Funding, We Wouldn’t Have ‘Les Misérables’
Blockbusters don't usually have strong ties to public funding. Les Mis is an exception.
Jan 7, 2013 / Michelle Dean
Motives and Apprehensions: On Edward P. Jones Motives and Apprehensions: On Edward P. Jones
Edward P. Jones’s characters know that everything they’ve worked for might suddenly be taken from them.
Nov 20, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
I’m Nobody, Who Are You? On Zadie Smith’s ‘NW’ I’m Nobody, Who Are You? On Zadie Smith’s ‘NW’
If you get to the top, only to find that the voice hounding you with charges of inauthenticity is your own, what then?
Nov 20, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Alexandra Schwartz
Occupy Wall Street Activists Buy Up Debt to Abolish It Occupy Wall Street Activists Buy Up Debt to Abolish It
The Strike Debt movement is planning a Rolling Jubilee—a bailout of the people, by the people.
Nov 12, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain, Unions Threaten National Strike Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain, Unions Threaten National Strike
Tens of thousands of individuals in Spain protest further harsh austerity measures recently announced by their right-wing government.
Oct 8, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Ann Romney Contradicts RNC Speech, Admits Privilege Ann Romney Contradicts RNC Speech, Admits Privilege
Whenever the Romneys get off script, they forget to pretend that they haven’t always been rich.
Sep 11, 2012 / Ben Adler