Culture

Randall Kennedy Says It Loud

Randall Kennedy Says It Loud Randall Kennedy Says It Loud

A conversation with the Harvard law professor about his new essay collection, the state or racial politics, campus activism, and much more.

Jan 6, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Nation Poetry

Stay Stay

after Dr. Elizabeth Sawin If only someone had told you your true extent how you connect to mountain glaciers and tropical orchids. How this is your time for young children, excessi…

Jan 6, 2022 / Poems / Elizabeth Metzger

Ai Weiwei

No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China

Xi Jinping’s tenure has been marked by harsh crackdowns on human rights activism.

Jan 6, 2022 / Yaqiu Wang

The False Promise of Criminal Justice Reform

The False Promise of Criminal Justice Reform The False Promise of Criminal Justice Reform

Why we have to look past reformism and embrace the politics of prison abolition.

Jan 5, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Charlotte Rosen

How Private Capital Strangled Our Cities

How Private Capital Strangled Our Cities How Private Capital Strangled Our Cities

By following the money, a new history of urban inequality turns our attention away from federal malfeasance and toward capital markets and financial instruments.

Jan 4, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Zipp

One Brother Gave the Soviets the A-Bomb. The Other Got a Medal.

One Brother Gave the Soviets the A-Bomb. The Other Got a Medal. One Brother Gave the Soviets the A-Bomb. The Other Got a Medal.

J. Edgar Hoover had both of them in his sights. Yet neither one was ever arrested. The untold story of how the Hall brothers beat the FBI.

Jan 4, 2022 / Feature / Dave Lindorff

The Politics of Syntax and Poetry Beyond the Border

The Politics of Syntax and Poetry Beyond the Border The Politics of Syntax and Poetry Beyond the Border

A conversation with Ari Banias about his new collection A Symmetry, a book that interrogates everything from whiteness to the meaning of community.

Dec 30, 2021 / Q&A / Claire Schwartz

Joan Didion’s California

Joan Didion’s California Joan Didion’s California

How the splendor and chaos of the Golden State explains the writer’s vision of the world

Dec 29, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Emma Hager

Black father and son

Where Are Black Parents’ Voices on Critical Race Theory? Where Are Black Parents’ Voices on Critical Race Theory?

Black parents overwhelmingly support teaching about race and racism in school. Why aren’t we hearing from them?

Dec 29, 2021 / Column / Kali Holloway

The Ardor of “Licorice Pizza”

The Ardor of “Licorice Pizza” The Ardor of “Licorice Pizza”

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film is his most personal work yet.

Dec 29, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi

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