Culture

Policing the Color Line Policing the Color Line

Two books on modern policing and the racial dynamics that go with it.

Sep 13, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Christian Parenti

Dick (Nixon) Heads Dick (Nixon) Heads

Arthur C. Danto writes about the career of Philip Guston.

Sep 13, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Murder of the Middle Class Murder of the Middle Class

Patricia Highsmith was a master writer of crime and suspense.

Sep 13, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Neil Gordon

On the Record: Toward a Union Label On the Record: Toward a Union Label

Courtney Love's plea to fellow recording artists to join her in the creation of a new musicians' guild, printed below, is the latest blow to the beleaguered "Big Five

Sep 6, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Courtney Love and Johnny Temple

Atom Bomb: One World or None Atom Bomb: One World or None

The creation of the atom bomb is the greatest revolution ever accomplished in science--and unquestionably the most frightening.

Aug 23, 2001 / Freda Kirchwey

Tennessee’s Dilemma Tennessee’s Dilemma

Those who say that nothing of importance can be decided at Dayton have, at first glance, reason on their side.

Aug 23, 2001 / Feature / Joseph Wood Krutch

Tulsa, 1921

Tulsa, 1921 Tulsa, 1921

On the 100th anniversary of the riot in that city, we commemorate the report written for this magazine by a remarkable journalist.

Aug 23, 2001 / Feature / The Editors and Walter F. White

Eminem: Grammy’s Homecoming Queen? Eminem: Grammy’s Homecoming Queen?

So if you managed to endure CBS's three-plus hours of Grammy cov erage, if you survived the sparsely attended protests from GLAAD and NOW, host Jon Stewart's lame commentary, the ...

Jul 9, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kim

We’re All Ears We’re All Ears

An accomplished journalist weaves a narrative about the NSA that includes sympathetic portraits of key players.

May 31, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Dusko Doder

The Uncertainty Principals The Uncertainty Principals

American intellectuals love the higher gossip because it gives intellectual life here--ignored or sneered at by the public--a good name. Sensational anecdotes (Harvard's Louis Aga...

May 25, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Carlin Romano

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