Culture

Bruce Springsteen performs during the first night of the “Land of Hopes and Dreams” tour at Co-op Live on May 14, 2025 in Manchester, England.

This Is the Bruce We’ve Been Waiting For This Is the Bruce We’ve Been Waiting For

Springsteen’s fans knew his politics, but he didn’t always show them off. Now he’s jumped out of the gate to stand against “dangerous times in my home.” Let freedom ring.

May 15, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Looting America’s Future

Looting America’s Future Looting America’s Future

Trump’s corruption reaches new heights.

May 15, 2025 / OppArt / J.T. Williamson

Lady Gaga performing this spring.

The Retro Pop of Lady Gaga and Baths The Retro Pop of Lady Gaga and Baths

In their new albums, the musicians look backward as much as forward.

May 15, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

David Horowitz spoke on the CU Boulder campus on February 14, 2005, about what's wrong with academic thought in US universities today.

I Thought David Horowitz Was a Joke—but He Foreshadowed the Trump Coalition I Thought David Horowitz Was a Joke—but He Foreshadowed the Trump Coalition

As an undergrad, I mocked the radical leftist turned reactionary. But with his cruel, vindictive politics taking over the government, he had the last laugh.

May 15, 2025 / David Klion

Katie Kitamura’s Divided Selves

Katie Kitamura’s Divided Selves Katie Kitamura’s Divided Selves

Her fiction are studies of fragmentation and ambivalence.

May 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Lovia Gyarkye

Is Criticism Really in Crisis?

Is Criticism Really in Crisis? Is Criticism Really in Crisis?

Andrea Long Chu and the politics of critical life.

May 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano

May Day, Istanbul, Turkey

May Day, Istanbul, Turkey May Day, Istanbul, Turkey

On May 1, 2025, thousands of people demonstrated in Istanbul, and over 400 were arrested by police.

May 13, 2025 / OppArt / Mehmet Altun

Contestants log roll the Paul Bunyan Lumber Jack Show from Nova Scotia at the Marshfield Fair on August 23, 2019, in Marshfield, Massachusetts.

Nostalgia for the American Logger? Nostalgia for the American Logger?

Reflections on Gentlemen of the Woods: Manhood, Myth, and the American Lumberjack.

May 13, 2025 / Erik Loomis

Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2025.

Flattery Will Get You Everywhere Flattery Will Get You Everywhere

May 13, 2025 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Christopher Hill’s Revolutions

Christopher Hill’s Revolutions Christopher Hill’s Revolutions

The radical life and work of the historian.

May 13, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker

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