2 Things You Won’t Learn From the New Steve Jobs Film 2 Things You Won’t Learn From the New Steve Jobs Film
Apple is relentless toward its overseas labor force and remarkably innovative in its approach to tax avoidance.
Oct 15, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
Reclaiming Black History, One Grave at a Time Reclaiming Black History, One Grave at a Time
Photojournalist Brian Palmer documents the effort to restore a Virginia cemetery overtaken by trash and brush during years of official neglect.
Oct 15, 2015 / Photo Essay / Brian Palmer and Erin Hollaway Palmer
October 13, 1974: Ed Sullivan Dies October 13, 1974: Ed Sullivan Dies
“His malevolence is almost buried from sight beneath an awesome dullness and ambition.”
Oct 13, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Trevor Noah Says He’s Not a Political Progressive. He’d Be Funnier If He Were. Trevor Noah Says He’s Not a Political Progressive. He’d Be Funnier If He Were.
The new Daily Show host doesn’t have much to say, which leaves him making jokes about tramp stamps and body weight.
Oct 9, 2015 / Katie Halper
Hillary on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Hillary on ‘Saturday Night Live’
So Hillary did SNL. And critics believed she did well. But Democrats, midst all the fun, Still wondered how Joe would have done.
Oct 8, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Culture That Capitalism Created The Culture That Capitalism Created
An interview with Boots Riley.
Oct 8, 2015 / Laura Flanders
How Patti Smith, Punk Chanteuse, Became the Irresistible Siren of Middle Age How Patti Smith, Punk Chanteuse, Became the Irresistible Siren of Middle Age
Her latest memoir, M Train, feels guided simultaneously by determination and serendipity.
Oct 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach
The Good, the Bad, and the Veteran The Good, the Bad, and the Veteran
Problem-solving will only get liars and filmmakers so far.
Oct 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread
The US government has abdicated its role in prosecuting those responsible for torture following 9/11. It has fallen on civil society to take up the charge.
Oct 7, 2015 / John Knefel
I Want My Progressive TV! What If MSNBC Dumps the Left? I Want My Progressive TV! What If MSNBC Dumps the Left?
The cable answer to Fox News is slowly shrinking from the fight. Can digital outlets fill the void?
Oct 7, 2015 / Feature / Leslie Savan