Culture

Who Will Fund Investigative Reporting in the Age of Trump?

Who Will Fund Investigative Reporting in the Age of Trump? Who Will Fund Investigative Reporting in the Age of Trump?

Anya Schiffrin reviews a new book on the history and economics of investigative journalism.

Feb 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Anya Schiffrin

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Donald Trump Represents the Worst of Football Culture Donald Trump Represents the Worst of Football Culture

But at least we can take hope in rebel athletes like Colin Kaepernick.

Jan 31, 2017 / Robert Lipsyte

Journalists watch GOP debate

The Problem With Our Media Is Extreme Commercialism The Problem With Our Media Is Extreme Commercialism

For over a century the US has conducted an experiment in commercialized journalism by treating news as both a commodity and a public service.

Jan 30, 2017 / Victor Pickard

Nobody Wanted to Take Us In: The Story of Jared Kushner’s Family, and Mine

Nobody Wanted to Take Us In: The Story of Jared Kushner’s Family, and Mine Nobody Wanted to Take Us In: The Story of Jared Kushner’s Family, and Mine

As Trump bars refugees and Muslim immigrants from coming to this country, it’s worth remembering the Jews who were shut out the last time we closed our borders—like Jared Kush...

Jan 26, 2017 / Feature / Lizzy Ratner

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Donald Trump’s Strategy? Destroy the International Community in Order to Save It. Donald Trump’s Strategy? Destroy the International Community in Order to Save It.

The new president has a wrecking ball, and “internationalism” is written all over it.

Jan 24, 2017 / John Feffer

In the Wings of Reality

In the Wings of Reality In the Wings of Reality

Claude Arnaud’s biography of Jean Cocteau shows how the artist lived a life nourished by infinity.

Jan 23, 2017 / Ricky D’Ambrose

the sons of Ethel Rosenberg

Ethel Rosenberg’s Sons Still Seek Justice for Their Mother Ethel Rosenberg’s Sons Still Seek Justice for Their Mother

“We are giving the United States government the chance…to acknowledge the terrible wrong it did to her and to us.”

Jan 19, 2017 / Miriam Schneir

President Trump: So We’re Really Doing This

President Trump: So We’re Really Doing This President Trump: So We’re Really Doing This

Wowee.

Jan 19, 2017 / Matt Bors

Silver Spoon Ode

Silver Spoon Ode Silver Spoon Ode

I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, and a silver knife, and a silver fork. I would complain about it—the spoon was not greasy, it tasted like braces, my shining access to c…

Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sharon Olds

Letting My Hair Down

Letting My Hair Down Letting My Hair Down

And then my wry neck got so wry— chicken-neck wring-wry—I had to spend time with my hair down, like roots into the ground of the air, my visible shock, my “terror,” my “horror.” Ho…

Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sharon Olds

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