Culture
How Unions Are Made How Unions Are Made
A new history of labor organizing in Coachella tells us not only the story of the United Farm Workers but also how its rank-and-file members drove the union to success.
Lucy Sante and the Solitude and Solidarity of Transitioning Lucy Sante and the Solitude and Solidarity of Transitioning
In her new memoir, I Heard Her Call My Name, Sante dissects her past in order to understand her future.
The Flame Lights, but Doesn’t Cause Burns The Flame Lights, but Doesn’t Cause Burns
Oaxaca, Mexico: The role art plays to empower the people.
Art During Wartime Art During Wartime
Can it really be that to call for sympathy with victims of murder and kidnapping is necessarily to demand violence in return?
Books
Lucy Sante and the Solitude and Solidarity of Transitioning Lucy Sante and the Solitude and Solidarity of Transitioning
In her new memoir, I Heard Her Call My Name, Sante dissects her past in order to understand her future.
Black Punk Means Liberation Black Punk Means Liberation
The present and future of Black punk culture.
What Happened to the 21st-Century City? What Happened to the 21st-Century City?
And how we can save it.
Film
“Dune” and the Allegories of Empire “Dune” and the Allegories of Empire
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, David Klion on the science fiction epic with real world echoes.
Who Will Win Big at the Oscars? Who Will Win Big at the Oscars?
A Nation reader from American Fiction to The Zone of Interest
What’s Missing From “Dune: Part Two” What’s Missing From “Dune: Part Two”
While Frank Herbert’s original series was about the dangers of messianism, Denis Villeneuve’s rendition wields ambivalence like a secret weapon in its effort to avoid the tough qu…
What James Baldwin Saw What James Baldwin Saw
A documentary that follows the writer’s late-in-life journey to the South chronicles his vision for Black politics in a post–Civil Rights era world.
The Genius of Nuri Bilge Ceylan The Genius of Nuri Bilge Ceylan
About Dry Grasses is long, dense, elliptical—and brilliant.
Television
“Masters of the Air,” With John Orloff “Masters of the Air,” With John Orloff
On this episode of American Prestige, a discussion about the new Apple TV miniseries.
Senator Katie Britt: A Star Is Not Born Senator Katie Britt: A Star Is Not Born
The Alabaman’s disastrous debut was so weird even Scarlett Johansson—who’s played everything from a man-eating alien to Black Widow to Maggie the Cat—couldn’t do it justice.
The Era of Nicki Minaj The Era of Nicki Minaj
How the queen of rap revolutionized American music.
Architecture
What Happened to the 21st-Century City? What Happened to the 21st-Century City?
And how we can save it.
Urban Surveillance Is More Menacing Than Ever Urban Surveillance Is More Menacing Than Ever
Cameras aren’t just monitoring us in public—now they’re actually yelling at us.
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.
Music
Black Punk Means Liberation Black Punk Means Liberation
The present and future of Black punk culture.
The Era of Nicki Minaj The Era of Nicki Minaj
How the queen of rap revolutionized American music.
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.
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.
Taylor Swift, Enemy of the People Taylor Swift, Enemy of the People
The MAGA movement—including the big man himself—has gone on the offensive against the megastar pop singer.
Publishing
The Death and Life of Great American Media The Death and Life of Great American Media
The crisis of the news business is far from over, but we’re still doing what we’ve been doing for over 159 years.
What Happened to “The Washington Post” Under Marty Baron? What Happened to “The Washington Post” Under Marty Baron?
In a new book, the former editor tirelessly hymns how he and the newspaper protected their journalists and shored up the foundations of our crumbling republic. But was that the ca…
The Misguided Satire of “American Fiction” The Misguided Satire of “American Fiction”
A buzzy film adaptation of Percival Everett’s Erasure, a novel about publishing’s racial politics, misreads what is truly ailing the book industry.
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