Culture

Britney Spears posters

#FreeBritney Is Damn Right #FreeBritney Is Damn Right

The law has failed Britney Spears and likely many others—young, old, often female. Now it’s time to change it.

Jun 25, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Toasting Our Destruction

Toasting Our Destruction Toasting Our Destruction

Exploiting natural resources to extinction.

Jun 25, 2021 / OppArt / Sue Coe

COUCH IN PARLOR

Analysis Interminable: On Janet Malcolm Analysis Interminable: On Janet Malcolm

The insight and rigor of her writing changed the way we understood the work of psychoanalysis.

Jun 25, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold

The World-Historic Melodies of Nathaniel Mackey

The World-Historic Melodies of Nathaniel Mackey The World-Historic Melodies of Nathaniel Mackey

His largest collection yet, Double Trio, is an epic feat of poetry: one that moves from the cradles of civilization to the Middle Passage to the gyre of the present day.

Jun 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Piccarella

Celebrating the Power of Unity

Celebrating the Power of Unity Celebrating the Power of Unity

Mural painted with local children, Skokie, Ill.

Jun 23, 2021 / OppArt / Jenny Vyas

Work in Progress

Work in Progress Work in Progress

Making a film together, alone, on two continents, in two languages, in a pandemic.

Jun 23, 2021 / Divad Durant

Aziz Ansari

The Unfinished Evolution of Aziz Ansari The Unfinished Evolution of Aziz Ansari

With the latest season of Master of None, the comedian and director’s attempt at a reboot of his creative approach reveals the limits of his perspective.

Jun 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi

All Pride, No Prejudice

All Pride, No Prejudice All Pride, No Prejudice

Pride Month every month.

Jun 22, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Attack of the Critical Race Theory Attack of the Critical Race Theory

The menace has infiltrated our education system, I think?

Jun 22, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

Janet Malcolm.

Janet Malcolm’s Provocations Janet Malcolm’s Provocations

Her writing cut through propriety and pretentiousness and revealed us for who we are: desiring creatures, complicated and simple at once.

Jun 22, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty

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