Forty-Five Years Later, John Carlos and Tommie Smith Have Never Been More Relevant Forty-Five Years Later, John Carlos and Tommie Smith Have Never Been More Relevant
On this, the forty-fifth anniversary of the fists of freedom at the 1968 Olympics, we need a new Olympic Project for Human Rights.
Oct 16, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Praying for Broken Hearts in the GOP Praying for Broken Hearts in the GOP
A hundred and fifty people of faith and furloughed workers marched on the offices of GOP leaders.
Oct 16, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
The Long and Short of Memory The Long and Short of Memory
What the modern science of memory owes to the amnesiac patient H.M.
Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Charles Gross
An Organized Jumble An Organized Jumble
For all its postmodern flair, the revamped Benjamin Franklin Museum is surprisingly traditional and constrained.
Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein
Dignity’s Due Dignity’s Due
Why are philosophers invoking the notion of human dignity to revitalize theories of political ethics?
Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Lucien Jaume’s Tocqueville: The Aristocratic Sources of Liberty.
Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Elias Altman
Letters Letters
Horror in Afghanistan… the great Charlie Mingus… field trip to the South Bronx
Oct 16, 2013 / Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky
Puzzle No. 3299 Puzzle No. 3299
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Oct 15, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
No Cartoon Characters in the NYC Mayoral Debate No Cartoon Characters in the NYC Mayoral Debate
But with any luck we will see whether their policies have character.
Oct 15, 2013 / Leslie Savan
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Why Bartolomé de las Casas should have nothing to do with it.
Oct 15, 2013 / Aura Bogado