Culture

Sonia Sotomayor Sonia Sotomayor

Seeking balance on the scales of justice.

Jun 3, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Remembering Tiananmen Square Remembering Tiananmen Square

The Tiananmen Square massacre remains shrouded in myth. This eyewitness report by a Human Rights Watch observer makes the horror plain.

Jun 2, 2009 / Feature / Robin Munro

Jon Stewart Slams Sotomayor Coverage Jon Stewart Slams Sotomayor Coverage

Politicians and pundits cannot seem to look past Supreme Court Justice-nominee Sonia Sotomayor's Hispanic heritage.

Jun 2, 2009 / The Daily Show

Eduardo Galeano: Stories of Almost Everyone Eduardo Galeano: Stories of Almost Everyone

Why are so many people so scared? Maybe it's because of our rulers' enormous 'fear machine.' So says Eduardo Galeano, in this rare interview.

Jun 1, 2009 / GRITtv

Slide Show: Blockbuster Movies Slide Show: Blockbuster Movies

In the spirit of the summer movie season, a look back at The Nation's coverage of classic popcorn epics.

May 28, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Return of the Fabulous Return of the Fabulous

In the end, the vote was silly or sad, but for eighteen weeks on American Idol, Adam Lambert was Everyman and Everygayman, skating the edge of ecstasy and terror.

May 27, 2009 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski

Live Long and Prosper: Star Trek and More Live Long and Prosper: Star Trek and More

J.J. Abrams's Star Trek, Ron Howard's Angels & Demons, Olivier Assayas's Summer Hours

May 27, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Vice: The Dispiriting Legacy of Dick Cheney Vice: The Dispiriting Legacy of Dick Cheney

Assessing the stealth, subterfuge and delusion of the Cheney vice presidency.

May 27, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes

Colin Powell and Rush Limbaugh Battle for the Soul of the Republican Party Colin Powell and Rush Limbaugh Battle for the Soul of the Republican Party

Fellowship of the ring.

May 27, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

i am enCentering the amen New i am enCentering the amen New

for Peter Gizzi             crush tamarind and the brown thirst of Quivira       the hollow sound of the silence of travail       the tipp iron toe of aventura coronado . x       -plore for the first time like in imagen childhood       the time of the world of the mesa. but this one is "real"       the opponents are vivid & feather'd & red       not one of these is yr father       here the world that we thought of as round       after all becomes arid & flat in its trail       full of deep stony echoes & the steep sound       of phonemes       as if God is a well where there is no       language of water. no meaning       of silver of mineral flood that we know       in our langurous rivers       . but here is only the archer wind       . is this why we are hearin feathers?       . the future sits across from us squat & vivid on a burn       -ing horse. not a cross. w/its arrows       there are no orchards here. no wine       no other kind of time for these sorrows      

May 27, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Kamau Brathwaite

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