Newton Minow Sought to Lead Us Out of the Vast Wasteland Newton Minow Sought to Lead Us Out of the Vast Wasteland
The Kennedy-era FCC chair who inspired reformers to demand media that served the public interest has died at age 97.
May 9, 2023 / John Nichols
You Don’t Need a Script to Speak to Your Child You Don’t Need a Script to Speak to Your Child
"Gentle parenting" aims to protect children from harm, but in whittling acceptable language down to a handful of phrases, the movement not only distrusts parents, but also disallow...
May 9, 2023 / Kate Shannon Jenkins
Jeffrey Epstein, Harvard Man Jeffrey Epstein, Harvard Man
Why a horrific criminal found elite universities so congenial.
May 8, 2023 / Jeet Heer
AI and the Hollywood Writers’ Strike AI and the Hollywood Writers’ Strike
Creative workers are fighting to preserve the human factor in the entertainment industry.
May 8, 2023 / Ben Schwartz
Santiago Amigorena’s Novel of the Shoah and Latin America Santiago Amigorena’s Novel of the Shoah and Latin America
In The Ghetto Within, the Argentine novelist considers the dark shadow that the Holocaust has cast not only on Europe but also on Latin America.
May 8, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans
The Conviction of Lucinda Williams The Conviction of Lucinda Williams
The Nation spoke with the singer-songwriter about her political commitments, her battles with the music industry, and her new memoir Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You.
May 4, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Emma Hager
Writers Like Me Have Shut Down Hollywood. Here’s Why. Writers Like Me Have Shut Down Hollywood. Here’s Why.
The Writers Guild of America is on strike because Hollywood bosses have treated our demands for fair and sustainable working conditions with contempt.
May 4, 2023 / Josh Gondelman
The Many Afterlives of Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” The Many Afterlives of Art Spiegelman’s “Maus”
Book bans have shined a new spotlight on the graphic novel. What does that mean for the comic's legacy?
May 3, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jillian Steinhauer
Alasdair MacIntyre and Richard Rorty’s Lifelong Argument Alasdair MacIntyre and Richard Rorty’s Lifelong Argument
While in many ways their careers ran parallel to each other, the two philosophers disagreed about whether liberalism could—and should—be saved.
May 2, 2023 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba