The Bad Politics of Good Taste The Bad Politics of Good Taste
Nathalie Olah’s exploration of the ethics of tastefulness dissects the class-bounded nature of most social and cultural mores.
Feb 15, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Lauren Kelly
Community, Action Community, Action
Youth mural, Vientiane, Laos.
Feb 14, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Why Billionaires Are Obsessed With the Apocalypse Why Billionaires Are Obsessed With the Apocalypse
In Survival of the Richest, Douglas Rushkoff gets to the bottom of the tech oligarchy’s fixation on protecting themselves from the end times.
Feb 14, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jared Marcel Pollen
The Movement for Palestine Takes Over MoMA The Movement for Palestine Takes Over MoMA
Hundreds of protesters occupied the storied museum in a reminder that the art world cannot evade its political and moral responsibilities.
Feb 14, 2024 / Ella Fanger and Emmet Fraizer
Helen Garner’s Alienating Domesticity Helen Garner’s Alienating Domesticity
In her novel The Children’s Bach, the Australian writer conjures a relentless portrait of the comforts and restrictions of family life.
Feb 12, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Isabella Trimboli
The Many Lives of George Eliot The Many Lives of George Eliot
A new biography examines how the novelist chose to make her life, as well as her fiction and art, outside the conventions of the marriage plot.
Feb 8, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Francesca Wade
In the Streets of Rome With Pier Paolo Pasolini In the Streets of Rome With Pier Paolo Pasolini
His bracing debut novel, Boys Alive, documents the hard and loose lives of vagabonds in the Italian capital’s underbelly.
Feb 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jack Hanson
And the Winner Is... Annie Lennox and Artists for Cease-Fire And the Winner Is... Annie Lennox and Artists for Cease-Fire
The singer’s call for an end to the killing in Gaza politicized the Grammys, which is fantastic.
Feb 6, 2024 / John Nichols
Has Cuba Met the End of History? Has Cuba Met the End of History?
In Cubanthropy, the critic Iván de la Nuez traces how the island nation and its diaspora shoulder the legacy of the revolution.
Feb 6, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Pensack
Taylor Swift May Yet Save Joe Biden Taylor Swift May Yet Save Joe Biden
Attacks on the popular singer help highlight the sheer weirdness of Trump’s GOP.
Feb 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer