Culture

‘Its Painful to Experience Your Own Defeat’

‘Its Painful to Experience Your Own Defeat’ ‘Its Painful to Experience Your Own Defeat’

Tahrir Square, seven years on.

Mar 5, 2018 / Pierre Daum

Atlanta's Donald Glover and Lakeith Stanfield

The Surrealist Grace of Donald Glover’s ‘Atlanta’  The Surrealist Grace of Donald Glover’s ‘Atlanta’ 

At any given moment, it can feel like a family drama, a Southern Gothic horror story, and a sketch comedy.

Mar 2, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Evan Kindley

‘Here and Now’ Checks Every Box

‘Here and Now’ Checks Every Box ‘Here and Now’ Checks Every Box

Is HBO’s new show a critique of our contemporary culture or a symptom of it?

Mar 2, 2018 / David Yaffe

Rejjie Snow’s Borderless Music

Rejjie Snow’s Borderless Music Rejjie Snow’s Borderless Music

Dear Annie, the Irish rapper’s studio debut, is a striking picture of international collaboration.

Feb 28, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Briana Younger

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

6 New Ways to Deflect From Gun Control! 6 New Ways to Deflect From Gun Control!

Conservatives grapple wildly with another mass shooting.

Feb 27, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

David Lang’s Collaborators

David Lang’s Collaborators David Lang’s Collaborators

Many musicians have mined the Internet for lyrics—what Lang has done with The Day is make it memorable.

Feb 26, 2018 / David Hajdu

Natural-Born Bards

Natural-Born Bards Natural-Born Bards

A new volume collects African-American folk tales that foreshadow contemporary debates about cultural ownership and appropriation.

Feb 23, 2018 / Aaron Robertson

Daniel Joseph Martinez’s Blunt Statements

Daniel Joseph Martinez’s Blunt Statements Daniel Joseph Martinez’s Blunt Statements

What does it mean for an American artist to make photographs using the image of the German revolutionary Ulrike Meinhof?

Feb 23, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Libraries Are a Space Where Everyone Belongs

Libraries Are a Space Where Everyone Belongs Libraries Are a Space Where Everyone Belongs

No wonder the Trump administration is gunning for them.

Feb 23, 2018 / Feature / Sue Halpern

International Womens Day Russia Protests

Why Are Russian Women Opposed to #MeToo? Why Are Russian Women Opposed to #MeToo?

Anti-feminist discourse is part of the state media’s anti-Western narrative—Russians need to resist it and stand up for their rights.

Feb 23, 2018 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

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