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Taylor Swift at the Z100 Jingle Ball, New York City, 2012
Red Country: On Taylor Swift (Books & Arts, Music, Pop & Circumstance)

Profligate, prolific, towering over the landscape: Is Taylor Swift China?

Joshua Clover
Man In The Middle
Man in the Middle: On Philip Glass (Arts and Entertainment, Music, Theater, Books and the Arts)

Philip Glass’s new opera, The Perfect American, is a mix of bluster and inspiration.

Jonathan Blitzer
Magna Carter (Books & Arts, Music)

Every musical note has life in it. For six decades the composer Elliott Carter imagined that life precisely.

David Schiff
Improbable, Incredible: On Afropop (Music, Books and the Arts)

Defying adversities imposed by borders has been one of Afropop's key modes of transcendence.

K. Leander Williams
What Ever Happened to Candidate Obama? (Barack Obama)

The Blue Dogs have gotten into his head.

Katha Pollitt
Focus on the Fetus (Gender Issues, Social Justice, Reproductive Rights, Society)

The trouble with protesting the Tim Tebow ad: all most people see is pro-choicers trying to shut up a brave mother and her son.

Katha Pollitt
Free Nazia Quazi (Gender Issues, Regions and Countries, Society)

How far have women come if a country like Canada permits a father to imprison his daughter in the cage of Saudi laws?

Katha Pollitt
The Decade for Women: Forward, Backward, Sideways? (Gender Issues, Society)

Feminist highs and lows of the first decade of the 2000s.

Katha Pollitt
Time to Get Out Those Checkbooks (Politics)

Economists agree: Christmas presents are a waste of money. Give to these worthy charities instead.

Katha Pollitt
Last Column About Sarah Palin--Ever (Gender Issues, Sarah Palin, Society)

We can't stop looking at our first female political train wreck.

Katha Pollitt

Blogs

Springsteen's Tribute to Victor Jara—Forty Years After He Was Killed in the Chilean Coup
Greg Mitchell

The Boss pays homage to a celebrated Chilean political folk-singer who fell victim to the US-backed coup in 1973.

September 13, 2013
Top Ten July 4th Songs
Peter Rothberg

These ten songs, taken together, help distill the American experience and make clear both what’s great about the US and what still needs critical attention.

July 3, 2013
Why Does the Press Still Take the Heritage Foundation Seriously?
Eric Alterman

The think tank has long since compromised its intellectual integrity, yet the media continue to trumpet flawed reports like the latest one on immigration reform.

May 10, 2013
The Bush Presidency, Undead
Eric Alterman

With the opening of George W's presidential library, pundits are rushing to whitewash the memory of those years of folly.

April 26, 2013
Chrissy Amphlett's Pleasure Anthem
Chloe Angyal

In 2013, a song like “I Touch Myself” is less shocking than it once was. But it is still revolutionary.

April 22, 2013
Give Me the Bad News First
Eric Alterman

Press coverage is hasty, error-prone and frequently depressing—but it nonetheless plays a vital role in our society.

April 18, 2013
Ten Years Ago Today a Dixie Chick Dared to Hit Bush on War—and a Hate Campaign Began
Greg Mitchell

The group's career suffered over Natalie Maines' comment against invading Iraq.

March 10, 2013
Note to Critics: Oscar Winner 'Sugar Man' Is Indeed 'Political'
Greg Mitchell

Sixto Rodriguez, subject of the best documentary choice, wrote hard-hitting folk songs, including several that became anthems for the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.

February 25, 2013
Barenboim Joins Arab and Israeli Musicians in a Tribute to Edward Said
Greg Mitchell

A collaborative musical project he helped found carries on the Nation contributor’s legacy.

January 30, 2013
Positively Folk Street: The Coen Brothers Return With a Film on Greenwich Village in the Early 1960s
Greg Mitchell

The promising new film is said to be based on the memoir of folkie Dave Van Ronk.

January 25, 2013
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