Culture

An Hour Without Trump

An Hour Without Trump An Hour Without Trump

Susan Faludi on her trans father, Edward Snowden’s lawyer on the NSA, and Tom Lutz on politics and travel.

Aug 4, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Oslo play

According to ‘Oslo’ According to ‘Oslo’

In J.T. Rogers’s new play, the process of negotiating the Oslo Accords is the only concern; how well they turned out is rendered irrelevant.

Aug 3, 2016 / Alisa Solomon

Never-Endings

Never-Endings Never-Endings

Georges Perec’s books are designed to stir readers to think actively, freshly, and imaginatively about what could have been, and what might come next.

Aug 3, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scott

Katy Perry at the DNC

Hit Machine Hit Machine

It’s unclear what the Clinton campaign thought they could gain by association with Katy Perry on the DNC’s biggest night.

Jul 29, 2016 / David Hajdu

A Post-Convention Guide to Workplace Conversations

A Post-Convention Guide to Workplace Conversations A Post-Convention Guide to Workplace Conversations

How to talk to your coworkers who share different political views.

Jul 29, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan

Eleanor Chai / Standing Water

What Breeds in ‘Standing Water’ What Breeds in ‘Standing Water’

Eleanor Chai’s poems require delving below the surface of each compact, enjambment-packed stanza, forcing the reader through a process of discovery not unlike Chai’s own origin sto...

Jul 29, 2016 / Larissa Pham

stressedbusinesswoman

There’s a Problem With ‘Crowd Labor’ There’s a Problem With ‘Crowd Labor’

Online outsourcing comes with costs.

Jul 29, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Columbia University

The 2016 Nation Student Writing Contest The 2016 Nation Student Writing Contest

Entries will be accepted through Monday, September 26, 2016.

Jul 28, 2016 / StudentNation / Peter Rothberg

Jesse Ball Fire

Jesse Ball’s Extreme Minimalism Jesse Ball’s Extreme Minimalism

His settings are dark, sketchy, and unrealistic by dint of what’s held back.

Jul 28, 2016 / Sasha Chapin

Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation

Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation

They way to see the author’s satire of small-village life whole is to see the translations multiplied.

Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

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