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A Portrait of the Artist as I Hate You A Portrait of the Artist as I Hate You

Mar 12, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Spaide

What Happened to the 21st-Century City?

What Happened to the 21st-Century City? What Happened to the 21st-Century City?

And how we can save it.

Mar 12, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kate Wagner

Los Angeles Times Guild members rally outside City Hall against layoffs at the paper.

The Death and Life of Great American Media The Death and Life of Great American Media

The crisis of the news business is far from over, but we’re still doing what we’ve been doing for over 159 years.

Mar 12, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on February 14, 2024.

Mike Johnson as Speaker So Far Mike Johnson as Speaker So Far

Mar 12, 2024 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Alabama Senator Katie Britt in a kitchen

Senator Katie Britt: A Star Is Not Born Senator Katie Britt: A Star Is Not Born

The Alabaman’s disastrous debut was so weird even Scarlett Johansson—who’s played everything from a man-eating alien to Black Widow to Maggie the Cat—couldn’t do it justice.

Mar 11, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Who Is In Charge in the Biden White House?

Who Is In Charge in the Biden White House? Who Is In Charge in the Biden White House?

In The Last Politician, Franklin Foer offers a portrait of an administration at odds with itself. 

Mar 11, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Osita Nwanevu

“Dune” and the Allegories of Empire

“Dune” and the Allegories of Empire “Dune” and the Allegories of Empire

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, David Klion on the science fiction epic with real world echoes.

Mar 10, 2024 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Who Will Win Big at the Oscars? 

Who Will Win Big at the Oscars?  Who Will Win Big at the Oscars? 

A Nation reader from American Fiction to The Zone of Interest

Mar 8, 2024 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

Dune: Part Two

What’s Missing From “Dune: Part Two” What’s Missing From “Dune: Part Two”

While Frank Herbert’s original series was about the dangers of messianism, Denis Villeneuve’s rendition wields ambivalence like a secret weapon in its effort to avoid the tough qu...

Mar 8, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte

Lyn Hejinian’s Counterlife

Lyn Hejinian’s Counterlife Lyn Hejinian’s Counterlife

The pioneering poet expanded the possibilities of both poetry and autobiographical writing.

Mar 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Ryan Ruby

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