Culture

Snap Judgments

Snap Judgments Snap Judgments

Dialectic in the dishwater. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of November 23.

Nov 27, 2020 / Steve Brodner

5 Stages of Loss

5 Stages of Loss 5 Stages of Loss

Denying a peaceful transfer.

Nov 27, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Don’t Cancel Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!

Don’t Cancel Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! Don’t Cancel Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!

Far from promoting homophobia, the classic holiday special celebrates the fellowship of outsiders.

Nov 27, 2020 / Jeet Heer

76 Days

Desperation and Hope Amid the Wuhan Outbreak Desperation and Hope Amid the Wuhan Outbreak

A director of 76 Days, a documentary on the harrowing first days of the Covid-19 crisis, finds compassion amid the suffering.

Nov 27, 2020 / Q&A / Nation contributor

Desperate Need for a Stimulus Package

Desperate Need for a Stimulus Package Desperate Need for a Stimulus Package

Republicans stall as Americans suffer.

Nov 26, 2020 / OppArt / Igor Kopelnitsky

A Dangerous New Chapter of the Pandemic

A Dangerous New Chapter of the Pandemic A Dangerous New Chapter of the Pandemic

Last week, Covid infections in the USA reached a record level, with more than 150K infections reported in one day.

Nov 25, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo, Edel Rodriguez, and Tjeerd Royaards

Bryan Washington on Fiction ‘Outside the Bounds of Trauma’

Bryan Washington on Fiction ‘Outside the Bounds of Trauma’ Bryan Washington on Fiction ‘Outside the Bounds of Trauma’

A conversation about writing emphatically about marginalized communities, Houston’s diversity of cuisines and peoples, Japanese literature, and more.

Nov 25, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rosemarie Ho

Back to Reality

Back to Reality Back to Reality

Four years of damaging lies.

Nov 24, 2020 / OppArt / Paul Karasik

Diane Cook’s Morality Tales for Our Climate Future

Diane Cook’s Morality Tales for Our Climate Future Diane Cook’s Morality Tales for Our Climate Future

Her debut novel, The New Wilderness, examines the dynamics between parent and child in a world beset by the bleakest of environmental scenarios.

Nov 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Zack Graham

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

How to Lose Friends and Not Influence the Election Results How to Lose Friends and Not Influence the Election Results

More of the same, but worse. 

Nov 24, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

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