Culture

National Endowment cuts

Who Needs the NEA and NEH? Who Needs the NEA and NEH?

What is really lost when we cut public funds for the arts and humanities.

Apr 7, 2017 / David Hajdu

Laetitia Sadier

Laetitia Sadier’s New Alliance Laetitia Sadier’s New Alliance

The Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble is a great argument for the type of experimentation that only comes from a solid knowledge of music history and decades of experience making it.

Apr 7, 2017 / Erin Vanderhoof

If NEA Funding Gets Cut, Say Goodbye to These Vital Community Cultural Projects

If NEA Funding Gets Cut, Say Goodbye to These Vital Community Cultural Projects If NEA Funding Gets Cut, Say Goodbye to These Vital Community Cultural Projects

From prison art therapy to tribal landmarks, art districts to agriculture-area artists, these programs make America richer.

Apr 7, 2017 / Michelle Chen

The Crisis of the Liberal Order and Pankaj Mishra’s ‘Age of Anger’

The Crisis of the Liberal Order and Pankaj Mishra’s ‘Age of Anger’ The Crisis of the Liberal Order and Pankaj Mishra’s ‘Age of Anger’

Fundamental reformation is required, if we are to do better than the world he describes.

Apr 6, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

Rachel Maddow

Obsession With the Russia Connection Is a High-Risk Anti-Trump Strategy Obsession With the Russia Connection Is a High-Risk Anti-Trump Strategy

It lets Democrats off the hook for their own failures—and betting the resistance on finding a smoking gun is a fool’s game.

Apr 6, 2017 / Greg Grandin

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Letters From the April 24/May 1, 2017, Issue Letters From the April 24/May 1, 2017, Issue

Hamilton!, the article (and a back-and-forth)… Small-town resistance… The Lone Star State sends its regards…

Apr 6, 2017 / Our Readers

dana schutz open casket

Dana Schutz’s Right to Make Art Dana Schutz’s Right to Make Art

The controversy over “Open Casket” forces us to reconsider whether an artist’s identity matters.

Apr 6, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Puzzle No. 3430 Puzzle No. 3430

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Where we constructed this puzzle, avoiding all the 22, and listening to choice cut (6)  4 Characters running west i…

Apr 6, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

hans morgenthau teach in

Teach-Ins Helped Galvanize Student Activism in the 1960s. They Can Do So Again Today. Teach-Ins Helped Galvanize Student Activism in the 1960s. They Can Do So Again Today.

Then as now, the origin of a national political movement was in the initially obscure actions of ordinary individuals.

Apr 6, 2017 / Marshall Sahlins

Is Our Common Humanity a Discovery or an Invention?

Is Our Common Humanity a Discovery or an Invention? Is Our Common Humanity a Discovery or an Invention?

A new book offers a panoramic view of how we came to recognize each other as equals.

Apr 6, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Michael Walzer

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