Culture

In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage

In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage

The poet’s debut play addresses appropriation, cultural ownership, and dirty money in the art world.

Apr 10, 2019 / Alisa Solomon

The Salad Giant Sweetgreen Has Used Hip Hop to Turn Lettuce Into Gold

The Salad Giant Sweetgreen Has Used Hip Hop to Turn Lettuce Into Gold The Salad Giant Sweetgreen Has Used Hip Hop to Turn Lettuce Into Gold

But if the salad giant is so woke, why are 95 percent of its shops in majority white neighborhoods?

Apr 10, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Electoral College Bound Electoral College Bound

Amending the constitution—that’s unconstitutional!

Apr 9, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

What to Do When Art Leaves You Speechless

What to Do When Art Leaves You Speechless What to Do When Art Leaves You Speechless

Optic Nerve, the debut novel from Argentine writer María Gainza, is an exquisite and intimate look into one person’s idiosyncratic vision of art history.

Apr 8, 2019 / Dustin Illingworth

Eric Hobsbawm’s Many Lefts

Eric Hobsbawm’s Many Lefts Eric Hobsbawm’s Many Lefts

How the historian’s tumultuous life in the 20th century remade his politics.

Apr 8, 2019 / Books & the Arts / David Marcus

The Widening Rift Between the US and China

The Widening Rift Between the US and China The Widening Rift Between the US and China

Worsening relations between the two largest economies in the world could lead to disaster.

Apr 8, 2019 / Feature / John Feffer

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway and Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders watch as Vice President Mike Pence speaks to reporters after a meeting between President Donald Trump and Congressional Democrats about the U.S. government partial shutdown and the president's demand for a border wall in the Situation Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Who’s Going to Tell Trump? Who’s Going to Tell Trump?

Breaking: A report from inside the White House reveals infighting among advisers, consternation over Norwegian socialism, and the importance of chocolate milkshakes.

Apr 4, 2019 / Calvin Trillin

Angel-Ho Is the Future of Pop Music

Angel-Ho Is the Future of Pop Music Angel-Ho Is the Future of Pop Music

The Cape Town artist’s daring new album Death Becomes Her upends the language and conventions of pop pleasure.

Apr 4, 2019 / Sasha Geffen

Central American migrants

Odd Reasoning Odd Reasoning

“Trump to cut millions in aid to 3 Central American countries.” —The Washington Post The surge of migrants comes from countries where Conditions are, to say the least, adverse. So…

Apr 4, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Puzzle No. 3495

Puzzle No. 3495 Puzzle No. 3495

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Actress putting lettuce in canned stew (7,6)  9 Phosphorus and others make up part of a flower (5) 10 TV personalit…

Apr 4, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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