The Beauty and the Costs of Extreme Altruism The Beauty and the Costs of Extreme Altruism
What if you were so troubled by suffering and inequality that you changed your life entirely?
Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Not the Word, but the Thing Itself Not the Word, but the Thing Itself
With each successive work, Clarice Lispector polished her prose until it shimmered with a taut irregularity.
Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ava Kofman
She’s Leaving Home She’s Leaving Home
In Crimson Peak and Brooklyn, women have to find the world in order to find their place in it.
Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Politics, Principle, and Risk Politics, Principle, and Risk
For political theorist Philip Green, taking sides has always meant taking action.
Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Sara Rathod
Puzzle No. 3380 Puzzle No. 3380
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Endorsement of a program to introduce pests? (12) 9 Callas beginning to master a vocal solo (5) 10 Get pain from b…
Nov 5, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
2 New Movies About Why the Powerful Are Trying to Kill Journalism 2 New Movies About Why the Powerful Are Trying to Kill Journalism
Truth and Spotlight put media at the heart of American democracy and make you wonder about its decline.
Nov 4, 2015 / Leslie Savan
It’s Shocking How Relevant This 150-Year-Old Denunciation of American Racism Is Today It’s Shocking How Relevant This 150-Year-Old Denunciation of American Racism Is Today
In 1865, a writer in The Nation took aim at the deadly dehumanization of black lives that plagued the United States then as it does today.
Nov 4, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
‘The Nation’ Live! in Portland ‘The Nation’ Live! in Portland
A mixed-media program of short talks, readings, reflections, conversations, and music.
Nov 2, 2015 / The Nation
Goodbye to Grantland, ESPN’s Home for Actual Sports Journalism Goodbye to Grantland, ESPN’s Home for Actual Sports Journalism
For this former ESPN ombudsman, Grantland was a beacon in a field of sludge.
Nov 2, 2015 / Robert Lipsyte