The Black Feminist Roots of James Baldwin’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ The Black Feminist Roots of James Baldwin’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’
Barry Jenkins’s adaptation of the 1971 novel updates its black feminist framework to reflect today’s issues.
Dec 17, 2018 / Elias Rodriques
The Marxist Pop-Culture Theorist Who Influenced a Generation The Marxist Pop-Culture Theorist Who Influenced a Generation
Through his blog, k-punk, Mark Fisher pioneered a different kind of cultural criticism.
Dec 14, 2018 / Rob Arcand
Letters From the January 7, 2019, Issue Letters From the January 7, 2019, Issue
The war on war… The US as it should be…
Dec 13, 2018 / Our Readers and Stephen Wertheim
Kelly to Leave White House Kelly to Leave White House
Brought in to end the White House mess, He had a measure of success: The ship of state has not been righted, But he himself was not indicted.
Dec 13, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
For Emmanuel Macron, How Did Things Get So Bad, So Fast? For Emmanuel Macron, How Did Things Get So Bad, So Fast?
The fault lies with both the French president himself and the political and cultural elite that formed him.
Dec 13, 2018 / David A. Bell
Noam Chomsky at 90: On Orwell, Taxi Drivers, and Rejecting Indoctrination Noam Chomsky at 90: On Orwell, Taxi Drivers, and Rejecting Indoctrination
As agile as ever, he pulls no punches, decrying the flaws of capitalism and abuses of governing power, sparing few politicians and no parties.
Dec 7, 2018 / John Nichols
Staffing the Administration Staffing the Administration
Replacing someone forced to leave Could surely be no easier. Trump looks among the folks he knows, And picks someone who’s sleazier.
Dec 6, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
In America’s Panopticon In America’s Panopticon
Sarah Igo’s The Known Citizen examines the linked histories of privacy and surveillance in the United States.
Dec 6, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Katie Fitzpatrick