Culture

Choral Marx

‘Choral Marx’ Sets ‘The Communist Manifesto’ to Music ‘Choral Marx’ Sets ‘The Communist Manifesto’ to Music

“We’re singing our way through the contradictions of capital.”  

Nov 27, 2018 / JW McCormack

Rosalía Is Flamenco’s Rule-Defying Renegade

Rosalía Is Flamenco’s Rule-Defying Renegade Rosalía Is Flamenco’s Rule-Defying Renegade

The Catalan singer writes the next chapter in flamenco’s history on her radical new album, El Mal Querer.  

Nov 27, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

There’s No Global Warming, Because It’s Cold Outside There’s No Global Warming, Because It’s Cold Outside

...and other mysteries solved by President-Detective Trump.

Nov 27, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

Sad Donald

GM’s Plant Closures Confirm the President is a Liar and a Fool GM’s Plant Closures Confirm the President is a Liar and a Fool

He has never cared about the men and women who build cars in places like Michigan and Ohio.

Nov 26, 2018 / John Nichols

Kyla Schuller

The Trouble With White Women: An Interview With Kyla Schuller The Trouble With White Women: An Interview With Kyla Schuller

The author and academic explains the racist history that haunts our politics.

Nov 26, 2018 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini

Zora Neale Hurston’s Anthropological Method

Zora Neale Hurston’s Anthropological Method Zora Neale Hurston’s Anthropological Method

Though most readers will recognize Hurston as a Harlem Renaissance novelist, she was also an accomplished ethnographer.

Nov 26, 2018 / Safiya Charles

Puzzle No. 3483

Puzzle No. 3483 Puzzle No. 3483

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 God rested by vessel (6)  4 Something you might eat at the shore: gruesome, macabre bit of turtle (8)  9 Appear in…

Nov 22, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

The Long, Entwined History of America First and the American Dream

The Long, Entwined History of America First and the American Dream The Long, Entwined History of America First and the American Dream

A new history shows that these expressions were originally used in ways that are significantly different from our current understanding of them.

Nov 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Kevin M. Kruse

Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Cold War

Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Cold War Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Cold War

A new biography of Jimmy Carter’s national-security adviser attempts to place him among the pantheon of master foreign-policy strategists, but was he?

Nov 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich

How Nell Painter Found Her Process

How Nell Painter Found Her Process How Nell Painter Found Her Process

Old in Art School recounts the historian’s journey from Sunday painter to professional artist.

Nov 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Jillian Steinhauer

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