Culture

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

In Case You’ve Forgotten, Everything Is Terrible In Case You’ve Forgotten, Everything Is Terrible

This still isn’t normal.

Oct 31, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Mohsin Hamid

We Are All Refugees: A Conversation With Mohsin Hamid We Are All Refugees: A Conversation With Mohsin Hamid

The novel Exit West is about the many migrations that humans undergo. Its author finds universality and hope in that.

Oct 30, 2017 / Q&A / Caitlin L. Chandler

Documentaries, Satires, and Epics: The New York Film Festival

Documentaries, Satires, and Epics: The New York Film Festival Documentaries, Satires, and Epics: The New York Film Festival

What makes a film festival count for more than a tally of masterpieces?

Oct 27, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Sand Creek Massacre

Confronting the Legacy of the Civil War: The Forgotten Front Confronting the Legacy of the Civil War: The Forgotten Front

The conflict was fought by proxy in the West, but one thing united the warring factions: the doctrine of white supremacy and genocidal violence against Indians.

Oct 26, 2017 / George Black

Ajit Pai

Trump’s FCC Chair Moves to Undermine Journalism and Democracy Trump’s FCC Chair Moves to Undermine Journalism and Democracy

If media cross-ownership rules are eliminated, monopolies will dominate.

Oct 26, 2017 / John Nichols

Gay Bingo at a Pasadena Animal Shelter

Gay Bingo at a Pasadena Animal Shelter Gay Bingo at a Pasadena Animal Shelter

My bingo cards are empty, because I’m not paying attention. I can’t hear the numbers, because something inward is being given substance. Then my mother and father appear in the bin…

Oct 26, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Henri Cole

Puzzle No. 3447

Puzzle No. 3447 Puzzle No. 3447

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Suffering doubt, I offer more money (6)  5 Enchanting and unusual claim involving silver (7) 10 Mathematician’s rel…

Oct 26, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Lincoln: The Great Uncompromiser

Lincoln: The Great Uncompromiser Lincoln: The Great Uncompromiser

He fought to remake the center—not yield to it.

Oct 26, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Karp

Angela Carter: Breaking the Spell

Angela Carter: Breaking the Spell Angela Carter: Breaking the Spell

For the English writer, literature and feminism had the power to upend the fictions that regulate our world

Oct 26, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Namara Smith

Mikhail Gorbachev’s New Thinking

Mikhail Gorbachev’s New Thinking Mikhail Gorbachev’s New Thinking

Gorbachev set out to transform the Soviet Union from within. What happened?

Oct 26, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Keith Gessen

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