Arts and Entertainment

Buffy (Darren Robinson) of the Fat Boys in Chicago, 1985.

Questlove’s Personal History of Hip-Hop Questlove’s Personal History of Hip-Hop

An elegiac retelling of rap's origins, Hip-Hop Is History also ends with a sense of hope.

Aug 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

Danzy Senna’s Acerbic Satires of Art and Money

Danzy Senna’s Acerbic Satires of Art and Money Danzy Senna’s Acerbic Satires of Art and Money

Having gnawed away at literary and political conventions from within their hallowed forms, Senna has now set her eyes on Hollywood.

Aug 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Lovia Gyarkye

Rachel Kushner’s  Brilliant Avant-Garde Spy Thriller

Rachel Kushner’s Brilliant Avant-Garde Spy Thriller Rachel Kushner’s Brilliant Avant-Garde Spy Thriller

In Creation Lake, Kushner transforms the genre's familiar plot twists and turns into a study of the many fictions we tell one another.

Aug 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Nicolás Medina Mora

Then–US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifying before the Senate Budget Committee in 2009.

The Intractable Puzzle of Growth The Intractable Puzzle of Growth

For more than a century, the key measure of a healthy economy has been its capacity to grow and yet if production and consumption continues to expand at their current rate we migh...

Aug 26, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel

Reading the Writing on the Wall

Reading the Writing on the Wall Reading the Writing on the Wall

Sign of the times in Harlem.

Aug 20, 2024 / OppArt / Anonymous

The Occupied Will Also Write History

The Occupied Will Also Write History The Occupied Will Also Write History

Palestinian filmmaker Mohammad Bakri was censored for daring to tell the story of occupation in Jenin, Jenin. Now, he is trying again with a new documentary.

Aug 19, 2024 / Feature / Rania Abouzeid

Artists Uplift and Celebrate in Harlem

Artists Uplift and Celebrate in Harlem Artists Uplift and Celebrate in Harlem

The GrandScale Mural Project on 125th Street.

Aug 7, 2024 / OppArt / Evan Bishop

Marie Laurencin, “Women in the Forest” (Femmes dans la forêt), 1920.

The Misunderstood Art of Marie Laurencin The Misunderstood Art of Marie Laurencin

Her lively, outré, and undeniably feminine take on cubism set her apart from her modernist peers.

Aug 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Stamler

Our Buildings Were Built for a Different World

Our Buildings Were Built for a Different World Our Buildings Were Built for a Different World

The climate crisis demands that we retrofit them—which won’t happen at scale until architects start seeing themselves as political actors.

Aug 7, 2024 / Column / Kate Wagner

Gender Diversity at the Olympics

Gender Diversity at the Olympics Gender Diversity at the Olympics

There are at least 155 out LGBTQ athletes from 25 countries competing in this year’s Olympic games in Paris.

Aug 6, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

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