How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing
Rosemary Mayer’s journal from 1971 illuminates not just her work but also how a creative person makes sense of a life.
Jul 23, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Thea Ballard
Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’ Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’
Flitting between the intimate and the impersonal, the poet’s photographic project Memory is a hallmark of American conceptualism.
Jul 22, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Tausif Noor
The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens
Gamers with the Army, Navy, and Air Force are spending hours on Twitch with children as young as 13.
Jul 15, 2020 / Jordan Uhl
John Early Is the Left’s Funniest Comedian John Early Is the Left’s Funniest Comedian
We talked to Early about his socialist heroes, the latest season of HBO’s Search Party, and how comedy is facing the politics of the moment.
Jul 15, 2020 / Q&A / Rima Parikh
Saviors Saviors
Spiders under the furniture cut loose the papery drained bodies as simple testaments of just how valuable they have been how surrounded we were…
Jul 14, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Allan Peterson
How Becoming a Mother Is Like Space Travel How Becoming a Mother Is Like Space Travel
The astronaut told us he didn’t look out the window for eight and a half minutes as the rocket launched him beyond our atmosphere. Terrifying things happened— ground vanished, boos…
Jul 14, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Catherine Pierce
On the Record’s Act of Witness On the Record’s Act of Witness
Telling the stories of three women who accused Russell Simmons of sexual assault, the documentary is a powerful case study in how institutions have failed Black women.
Jul 14, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
The Many Lives of Catherine the Great The Many Lives of Catherine the Great
A new Hulu show presents the life of the Russian empress as a narrative of lean-in empowerment. But was it?
Jul 13, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Pinkham
Milton Glaser, 1929–2020 Milton Glaser, 1929–2020
Luckily for The Nation, Milton’s first rule was “You can only work for people you like.”
Jul 10, 2020 / Victor Navasky
Why Has Society Failed to Integrate Grief Into Public Life? Why Has Society Failed to Integrate Grief Into Public Life?
We talked to Rachel Kauder Nalebuff about the politics of care, mourning, and her new book, Stages: On Dying, Working, and Feeling.