All Apologies All Apologies
My newest pieces, the fight over Social Security, a tribute to Bruce Springsteen and more.
Aug 26, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Spike Lee Charts New Orleans’ Struggle Against Hurricanes, Neglect and Oil Spike Lee Charts New Orleans’ Struggle Against Hurricanes, Neglect and Oil
Spike Lee follows up his 2006 masterpiece on post-Hurricane Katrina destruction.
Aug 26, 2010 / HBO
Slide Show: Reconstructing the Story of the Storm Slide Show: Reconstructing the Story of the Storm
Editor’s note: To mark the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we are presenting once again this slide show of images and recollections, first published on August 26, 201…
Aug 26, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Frontline on PBS Investigates Post-Katrina Police Shootings Frontline on PBS Investigates Post-Katrina Police Shootings
Five years ago next week, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the body of Henry Glover was found burned in a charred sedan overlooking the Mississippi River in New Orleans...
Aug 26, 2010 / Press Room
Frontline on PBS Investigates Post-Katrina Police Shootings Frontline on PBS Investigates Post-Katrina Police Shootings
Five years ago next week, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the body of Henry Glover was found burned in a charred sedan overlooking the Mississippi River in New Orleans. The ...
Aug 26, 2010 / Frontline
The Terrorists Win The Terrorists Win
Nine years after 9/11, hatred of Islam has infected many Americans. How else can we explain the opposition to an Islamic community center two blocks away from where the attacks too...
Aug 25, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman
No Name or Too Many? On Javier Marías No Name or Too Many? On Javier Marías
In Javier Marías's trilogy Your Face Tomorrow, the self is composed of borrowed languages and an uncertain voice.
Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
The Pithy Serpent The Pithy Serpent
everyone knows satan is just a guy with a lot of special efx a pithy serpent who plucks apples from the garden of lost trees I'm an ancient bystander whose chronology is less sympathetic and more cave-like think of me as an obscene gesture a plain ordinary obscene gesture in a place where the weather is nice and the people don't have a clue
Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Brinks
An Art of Time An Art of Time
Rafael Ferrer and Christian Marclay prize an aesthetic of spontaneous responsiveness irrespective of subject.
Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
from ‘Revelator’ from ‘Revelator’
Eternity in the present only I shut my eyes, inhale deeply to hear five speakers' simultaneous yatter, squirrels up high in the cedars bark, dog golden terrier blend all taut muscle, sinew o'er bone, jaw pauses mid-air in flight, just ahead of the Frisbee's grasp
Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ron Silliman