Does New Hampshire Always Back Its Neighbors? Remember President Ted Kennedy? Does New Hampshire Always Back Its Neighbors? Remember President Ted Kennedy?
The argument that Sanders is leading primarily because he’s a neighbor disregards New Hampshire voters, and New Hampshire history.
Feb 5, 2016 / John Nichols
What We Can Learn From Eleanor Roosevelt in a Time of Xenophobia What We Can Learn From Eleanor Roosevelt in a Time of Xenophobia
Less than ten days after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Eleanor Roosevelt challenged the American people not to give in to their fear.
Feb 5, 2016 / David B. Woolner
Vladimir Sorokin’s Absurdist Excess Vladimir Sorokin’s Absurdist Excess
Even the Russian author’s most sincere explorations tend toward brutal deadpan satire, cartoonish extremes of violence, comically unsexy sex, and flatulence.
Feb 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich
In Praise of Lawrence Alloway In Praise of Lawrence Alloway
The former Nation art critic was a great intellectual resource among art writers in the 1960s and ’70s, and a revival of his work is under way.
Feb 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Trials of Aaron Swartz The Trials of Aaron Swartz
A collection of Swartz’s writings is a record of a mind thinking, beautifully, against itself.
Feb 3, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ava Kofman
What Can Today’s Peace Movement Learn From Vietnam? What Can Today’s Peace Movement Learn From Vietnam?
The best way to protect American lives is to refuse to take sides in someone else’s civil war.
Feb 2, 2016 / Ira Chernus
Why I’m Ready for More Slavery Films Why I’m Ready for More Slavery Films
As politicians and pundits dismiss slavery as ancient history, we need more movies forcing us to confront its reality.
Jan 29, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith
The Koch Brothers Have Radically Changed American Politics The Koch Brothers Have Radically Changed American Politics
A new book exposes the hidden campaign to mainstream their libertarian agenda.
Jan 28, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Origins of Blood Libel The Origins of Blood Libel
E.M. Rose reconsiders where the anti-Semitic slur came from, and how it stuck around.
Jan 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Madeleine Schwartz
J.M. Coetzee’s Facts of Life J.M. Coetzee’s Facts of Life
For the South African author, the selves we write and read may be truer than any other.
Jan 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld