Nation Topics - National Endowment for the Arts | The Nation

As before, hypocrites are lining their coffers by pandering to ignorance and xenophobia.

Taking a cue from FDR, Britain launches the New Deal of the Mind.

One percent of the stimulus package should be spent on rehabilitating America's crumbling cultural infrastructure.

As David Mamet's views become more Manichaean, he's squared the jaws of his tough guys.

A new book on the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians looks at jazz as a power stronger than itself.

Why the commentariat's response to hand-wringing about "the decline of reading" condescends to the large mass of nonspecialist readers.

The mainstream media's smear campaign against Mohamed ElBaradei, John Nichols on former NEA chair John Frohnmayer, Peter C. Baker on presidential Facebooks, and more.

A cultural icon advises Gettysburg College graduates that social disengagement puts at risk everything unique and idealistic about our way of life.

Two books on art controversies and arts funding in America explore how and
when taxpayer money can be used to support public art.

Performance artist Karen Finley answers questions about politics,
satire and her new book, a fantasy affair between George W. Bush and
Martha Stewart.