Comix Nation: Presidential Candidates We Can All Get Behind Comix Nation: Presidential Candidates We Can All Get Behind
There are some small downsides.
Apr 7, 2016 / Comix Nation / Jen Sorensen
The Cathedral at Ground Zero The Cathedral at Ground Zero
Understanding the prosody of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub’s construction also requires an accounting of its extravagance.
Apr 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ Has Just Enough Gravity ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ Has Just Enough Gravity
If you’re determined to do it, you can wring a story, some themes, and even a moral out of Richard Linklater’s new movie.
Apr 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Mapplethorpe, Prince of Darkness Mapplethorpe, Prince of Darkness
A new HBO documentary on the late photographer is smart enough to realize that his power derived from his creepiness.
Apr 5, 2016 / Tim Murphy
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
When it comes to the police, there is one gaping difference between pop music and television.
Apr 5, 2016 / Joshua Clover
From Right to Favor From Right to Favor
The refugee question as moral crisis.
Apr 5, 2016 / Didier Fassin
The Orange Rage Monster Running For President The Orange Rage Monster Running For President
“Trump smash all standards of propriety.”
Apr 5, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
We Are Judged by How We Treat the Helpless and the Poor We Are Judged by How We Treat the Helpless and the Poor
On his 89th birthday, it’s worth remembering how complicated and controversial Cesar Chavez really was.
Mar 31, 2016 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner
Less Is Moore Less Is Moore
Observations is one of the great verbal works of art of the 20th century, in part because of Marianne Moore’s infectious devotion to everything small.
Mar 31, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach
Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse? Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse?
In theory, dating apps make it easier to meet people outside our social strata. In practice, we swipe right on people with similar socioeconomic backgrounds.
Mar 29, 2016 / Eliza Schultz