Sweeter Than the Sweet Sweeter Than the Sweet
For the Staple Singers and Stax Records, political engagement flowed from an artistic renaissance.
Jul 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Cohen
25 Years Later, America Is Still Struggling to ‘Do the Right Thing’ 25 Years Later, America Is Still Struggling to ‘Do the Right Thing’
On the 25th anniversity of Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing," America needs to ask itself some hard questions.
Jun 30, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
The Media’s Disappearing of Syria’s Chemical Weapons Program and Why It Matters The Media’s Disappearing of Syria’s Chemical Weapons Program and Why It Matters
Eric on this weeks concerts and Reed on Syria's chemical weapons program.
Jun 25, 2014 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
India’s Missing Women India’s Missing Women
Why does the belief that women are safest when secluded still hold sway in India?
Jun 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Gaiutra Bahadur
Chelsea Dreams Chelsea Dreams
Artists have become the shock troops of gentrification, even at the Chelsea Hotel.
Jun 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner
Generations and Repetitions Generations and Repetitions
The story of country music is not love and happiness but love and work.
Jun 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
No Escape No Escape
A new batch of teen films deliver their blows and soften them in a single gesture.
Jun 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Bergdahl Saga as a Window Into Journalistic Transparency The Bergdahl Saga as a Window Into Journalistic Transparency
Eric on this week's concerts and Reed on the Bergdahl scandal.
Jun 11, 2014 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
‘Obvious Child,’ the Abortion Comedy, Isn’t a Great Film, but It’s a Revelation ‘Obvious Child,’ the Abortion Comedy, Isn’t a Great Film, but It’s a Revelation
Nearly a third of American women will have an abortion at some point in their lives, but it’s an experience we almost never see on film.
Jun 5, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
James Joyce’s Untamable Power James Joyce’s Untamable Power
Censors thought it dirty and rebellious, but what makes Ulysses radical is its dramatization of the unending conflict between good and evil.
Jun 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach