Top Ten Back-to-School Songs Top Ten Back-to-School Songs
An incomplete list of some of the best songs ever written about school.
Sep 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg
Radical Histories: Waging Peace in the Pages of ‘The Nation’ Radical Histories: Waging Peace in the Pages of ‘The Nation’
For 150 years The Nation has refused to join the war party, instead urging skepticism, sobriety and pragmatism in the use of force for political ends.
Sep 8, 2015 / The Nation
New Orleans: Reflections on the Week That Was New Orleans: Reflections on the Week That Was
On the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, residents reflect on the changes of the last decade.
Sep 4, 2015 / Roberta Brandes Gratz
Can Stephen Colbert Break the Late-Night Mold? Can Stephen Colbert Break the Late-Night Mold?
With his version of The Late Show debuting Tuesday, will Colbert stick to the talk-show script or push the boundaries of a tired genre?
Sep 4, 2015 / Geoffrey Baym
Stadiums Ruin Neighborhoods Stadiums Ruin Neighborhoods
But for the first time in 60 years, a sports megastructure will not dominate Atlanta’s skyline south of Downtown. Can activists help make the area livable again?
Sep 3, 2015 / Daniel Judt
September 3, 1991: Frank Capra Dies September 3, 1991: Frank Capra Dies
“One important function of good art or entertainment is to unite and illuminate the heart and the mind…. Bad art and entertainment misinform and disunite them.”
Sep 3, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
The NFL Must Be Loving the Misleading Sony Hacker Leaks on the Film ‘Concussion’ The NFL Must Be Loving the Misleading Sony Hacker Leaks on the Film ‘Concussion’
The hacked Sony e-mails seem to show that the Concussion film is compromised. But that would be wrong.
Sep 2, 2015 / Dave Zirin
A Retelling: The Clubwomen A Retelling: The Clubwomen
A writer reflects on her grandmothers’ struggles with progress and peril in a changing America.
Sep 2, 2015 / Margo Jefferson
September 2, 1973: J.R.R. Tolkien Dies September 2, 1973: J.R.R. Tolkien Dies
“One is puzzled to know why the author should have supposed he was writing for adults.… There is little in The Lord of the Rings over the head of a seven-year-old child.”
Sep 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Historians of Color Are Revolutionizing the Narrative of ‘American Exceptionalism’ Historians of Color Are Revolutionizing the Narrative of ‘American Exceptionalism’
For too long, we have looked in the wrong place and race for the genesis of our national story.
Sep 1, 2015 / David Levering Lewis