Culture

The Syrian Who Wanted the Revolution, Part Seven: The Salvation

The Syrian Who Wanted the Revolution, Part Seven: The Salvation The Syrian Who Wanted the Revolution, Part Seven: The Salvation

On the fifth anniversary of the revolt, the film collective Abounaddara gives a voice, a face, and a humanity to one of the country’s bludgeoned survivors.

Mar 18, 2016 / Moustafa Bayoumi

Kanye West

Faith, More, Safe, War Faith, More, Safe, War

On The Life of Pablo, where Kanye West most fully shares his doubts, he is more convincing as a Christian than on his other albums.

Mar 18, 2016 / Frank Guan

Confidence in Mexico

Confidence in Mexico Confidence in Mexico

Nothing is more important for Mexicans than regaining a sense of security in their own lives. But the threat of moral decomposition is growing.

Mar 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Enrique Krauze

Cambodian monks

Is Religious Freedom a Bad Idea? Is Religious Freedom a Bad Idea?

Scholars have taken to attacking religious rights, but their target is secularism as a whole.

Mar 16, 2016 / Udi Greenberg and Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

The Good Liars with Rick Santorum

This Comedy Duo Is Masterfully Trolling the 2016 Campaign This Comedy Duo Is Masterfully Trolling the 2016 Campaign

They havent only crashed campaign events for Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Donald Trump, and Hillary Clintonthey shot assault weapons with Rick Santorum.

Mar 15, 2016 / Richard Kreitner and Thomas Bollier

Sports Marketing

Sports Marketing Sports Marketing

For Fightball players, the game is a mix of endurance and skill. For the audience, there’s a mix of spectacle, glamour, and drama.

Mar 15, 2016 / Photo Essay / Naima Green

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

More Notes From the Long Slog to Election Day More Notes From the Long Slog to Election Day

Which is still very far away.

Mar 15, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

‘Eclipsed’: Out From the Shadows

‘Eclipsed’: Out From the Shadows ‘Eclipsed’: Out From the Shadows

The new, wonderfully acted Broadway play sheds light on the untold stories of the women who lived through the second Liberian civil war.

Mar 11, 2016 / Alina Cohen

Bernie Sanders Rally

Start Making Sense: Bernie on the Move Start Making Sense: Bernie on the Move

How Bernie won in Michigan. Plus, “Trump: fascist or clown?” and another kind of politics: the gay revolution.

Mar 10, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Margaret Thatcher’s Fogeyism

Margaret Thatcher’s Fogeyism Margaret Thatcher’s Fogeyism

Charles Moore, the prime minister’s authorized biographer, believes the successes of Thatcherism to be self-evident, and he frequently lets his biases show.

Mar 10, 2016 / Books & the Arts / K. Biswas

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