What Was She Wearing? What Was She Wearing?
Katherine Cambareri’s photographs remind us: When its survivors are condemned, rape is condoned.
May 19, 2016 / Natalie Pattillo
The Annie Dillard Show The Annie Dillard Show
In felicitous language, she enables us to see the world afresh. But there is always a distance, a sense of performance.
May 18, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
A Blues for Albert Murray A Blues for Albert Murray
His name was never household familiar. Yet his complex, mind-opening analysis of art and life remains as timely as ever—probably more so.
May 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Chatterton Williams
Let’s Not Forget Socialism in the Resurrection of Socialist Art Let’s Not Forget Socialism in the Resurrection of Socialist Art
William Gropper’s art offers a lasting lesson in how useful pencils and paintbrushes can be in the fight against the exploitation of the many for the profit of the few.
May 12, 2016 / Richard Kreitner
Don DeLillo’s American Dream Don DeLillo’s American Dream
His recent protagonists dream only of money, except perhaps for the technological advances that will allow them to go on acquiring it indefinitely.
May 11, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Jon Baskin
Five Books: These Histories of Black Struggle Should Inform Us in 2016 Five Books: These Histories of Black Struggle Should Inform Us in 2016
Essential reading.
Apr 21, 2016 / 5 Books / Dani McClain
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
When it comes to the police, there is one gaping difference between pop music and television.
Apr 5, 2016 / Joshua Clover
Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse? Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse?
In theory, dating apps make it easier to meet people outside our social strata. In practice, we swipe right on people with similar socioeconomic backgrounds.
Mar 29, 2016 / Eliza Schultz
Who Can Change the American University? Who Can Change the American University?
Many professors won’t support their students who are protesting campus racism—even when they want to.
Mar 29, 2016 / Eve Dunbar
Confidence in Mexico Confidence in Mexico
Nothing is more important for Mexicans than regaining a sense of security in their own lives. But the threat of moral decomposition is growing.
Mar 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Enrique Krauze