Culture

Katy Perry at the DNC

Hit Machine Hit Machine

It’s unclear what the Clinton campaign thought they could gain by association with Katy Perry on the DNC’s biggest night.

Jul 29, 2016 / David Hajdu

A Post-Convention Guide to Workplace Conversations

A Post-Convention Guide to Workplace Conversations A Post-Convention Guide to Workplace Conversations

How to talk to your coworkers who share different political views.

Jul 29, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan

Eleanor Chai / Standing Water

What Breeds in ‘Standing Water’ What Breeds in ‘Standing Water’

Eleanor Chai’s poems require delving below the surface of each compact, enjambment-packed stanza, forcing the reader through a process of discovery not unlike Chai’s own origin sto...

Jul 29, 2016 / Larissa Pham

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There’s a Problem With ‘Crowd Labor’ There’s a Problem With ‘Crowd Labor’

Online outsourcing comes with costs.

Jul 29, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Columbia University

The 2016 Nation Student Writing Contest The 2016 Nation Student Writing Contest

Entries will be accepted through Monday, September 26, 2016.

Jul 28, 2016 / StudentNation / Peter Rothberg

Jesse Ball Fire

Jesse Ball’s Extreme Minimalism Jesse Ball’s Extreme Minimalism

His settings are dark, sketchy, and unrealistic by dint of what’s held back.

Jul 28, 2016 / Sasha Chapin

Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation

Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation

They way to see the author’s satire of small-village life whole is to see the translations multiplied.

Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

Kill List

Kill List Kill List

1.At a certain distance, it looks like a poem. 2.Transliterated, maybe, from the Arabic. 3.Short lined. 4.Short lived. 5.At a certain distance, it reads beautifully. 6.What its…

Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Amit Majmudar

Puzzle No. 3404

Puzzle No. 3404 Puzzle No. 3404

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Fall to pieces and perish, concealing transgression to get back at informer (12)  9 Leaders of Egypt might begin ex…

Jul 28, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Where Is the New Cyberfeminism?

Where Is the New Cyberfeminism? Where Is the New Cyberfeminism?

Virtual reality remains stuck in age-old ideas about women and their bodies.

Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Cecilia D’Anastasio

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