Free Shahidul Alam, the Photographer of the ‘Majority World’ Free Shahidul Alam, the Photographer of the ‘Majority World’
The acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer, activist, and mentor remains in jail after speaking out against the government.
Aug 24, 2018 / Maia Hibbett
Stand Up for the Sanctity of Unborn Life… Stand Up for the Sanctity of Unborn Life…
...and slut-shame all the full-grown women!
Aug 21, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
‘White Voice,’ Blackface, and the Ethics of Representation ‘White Voice,’ Blackface, and the Ethics of Representation
When is it fair to speak with someone else’s voice?
Aug 17, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
BlaKkKlansman’s Leap Into the Present BlaKkKlansman’s Leap Into the Present
And in Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline, we find a protagonist plunged so deeply into her own mind that there really is no outside.
Aug 16, 2018 / Stuart Klawans
‘If We Don’t Understand Class Struggle, We Don’t Understand Anything’ ‘If We Don’t Understand Class Struggle, We Don’t Understand Anything’
Filmmaker Ken Loach on populism, the gig economy, and the importance of transnational solidarity in his movies and beyond.
Aug 16, 2018 / Q&A / Lorenzo Marsili
William Parker’s Late-Career Bloom William Parker’s Late-Career Bloom
After a 45-year-long career, the jazz bassist is still creating experimental music pulsing with humanity.
Aug 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
Aretha Franklin—Musical Genius, Truth Teller, Freedom Fighter Aretha Franklin—Musical Genius, Truth Teller, Freedom Fighter
Angela Davis, whose bond Franklin offered to post in 1970, says that the singer’s work “helped to shape and deepen a collective consciousness anchored in a yearning for freedom.”
Aug 16, 2018 / Farah Jasmine Griffin
Letters From the September 10-17, 2018, Issue Letters From the September 10-17, 2018, Issue
Poetry, wide open… The poetry editors reply…
Aug 16, 2018 / Our Readers, Stephanie Burt, and Carmen Giménez Smith
Manafort and Gates Manafort and Gates
Their tales of corruption and thieving and fraud Don’t alter the president’s views in the slightest. He’s comfortable boasting, when all’s said and done, That he has attracted the…
Aug 16, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 3474 Puzzle No. 3474
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Gets angry when Oakland team is taken in by dubious faith (3,1,3) 5 Honest union leader encounters PR battle, avoi…
Aug 16, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto