Culture

Mikhail Khodorkovsky: the Man, the Myth, the Movie

Mikhail Khodorkovsky: the Man, the Myth, the Movie Mikhail Khodorkovsky: the Man, the Myth, the Movie

“It seemed to me that ideologically he [Putin] was one of our people,” the former Russian oligarch says in the new Alex Gibney documentary Citizen K.

Jan 22, 2020 / Lucy Komisar

Demonize the Eco-Wise

Demonize the Eco-Wise Demonize the Eco-Wise

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Jan 21, 2020 / Jen Sorensen

Trump’s Threats to the Iranians

Trump’s Threats to the Iranians Trump’s Threats to the Iranians

He said we would target their cultural sites. The next day, he had much less surety. Still, thinking of what might be culture to him, They’re beefing up golf course security.

Jan 21, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Nightmare Touched Its Forehead to My Lips

The Nightmare Touched Its Forehead to My Lips The Nightmare Touched Its Forehead to My Lips

For the living, water. And now, you’re all the wells mined for their depth. All of the silence & all of the alls I can conjure. You are not in the living room. You are not in y…

Jan 21, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Andrés Cerpa

Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide

Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide

Martin Luther King Jr. saw something essential about our nation: Imperial expansion west over stolen Indian land shaped and deepened the American Revolution’s relationship to slave...

Jan 20, 2020 / Greg Grandin

Lauren Wilkinson’s Novel of Race, Empire, and Espionage

Lauren Wilkinson’s Novel of Race, Empire, and Espionage Lauren Wilkinson’s Novel of Race, Empire, and Espionage

American Spy examines the intersections between spycraft and living in America as a black person.

Jan 20, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

Puzzle No. 3521

Puzzle No. 3521 Puzzle No. 3521

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle.1 ACROSS2  1 Song about law and a member of Congress, to friends (10)3  6 Three or four found in safe workplace (1,3)4  9 Boys…

Jan 16, 2020 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

The Debauched, Sometimes Sublime Essays of D.H. Lawrence

The Debauched, Sometimes Sublime Essays of D.H. Lawrence The Debauched, Sometimes Sublime Essays of D.H. Lawrence

His nonfiction writing, filled with terrible politics and startling prose, inspires awe and loathing.
 

Jan 16, 2020 / Zachary Fine

H.T. Tsiang, the Flâneur of Socialist Fiction

H.T. Tsiang, the Flâneur of Socialist Fiction H.T. Tsiang, the Flâneur of Socialist Fiction

In the Chinese writer’s novels we are given a portrait of a New York City for the rich and the poor, the immigrant and the native-born, the newly homeless and the seasoned itineran...

Jan 15, 2020 / Nawal Arjini

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

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Jan 14, 2020 / Peter Kuper

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