A James Brown Book Like No Other A James Brown Book Like No Other
Kill ’Em and Leave is a stunningly unorthodox book, indifferent to the conventions of biographical nonfiction.
Jun 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
Bad Intelligence Bad Intelligence
David Price’s long battle against anthropology’s collaborations with the national-security state.
Jun 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
More Repossession Than Revival More Repossession Than Revival
A new form of critical drama comes to Broadway, remaking brave claims for the confident expression of degraded peoples.
Jun 15, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
To Which Golden Era Will President Trump Return Us? To Which Golden Era Will President Trump Return Us?
Donald Trump will make America great again—like never before!
Jun 14, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
Please Don’t Stop the Music Please Don’t Stop the Music
The Orlando shooter violated a sanctuary, but his desecration will not defeat us.
Jun 12, 2016 / Richard Kim
Muhammad Ali’s Funeral Was His Last Act of Resistance Muhammad Ali’s Funeral Was His Last Act of Resistance
The powerful gather in Louisville to pay their respects to someone they tried to destroy, but couldn’t.
Jun 10, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Why Trump Now? It’s the Empire, Stupid Why Trump Now? It’s the Empire, Stupid
Amid the wreckage of the Iraq War and the Great Recession, he speaks to a constituency that sees the frontier and outward expansion as peril rather than possibility.
Jun 9, 2016 / Greg Grandin
What Happened in California? What Happened in California?
John Nichols on Bernie’s loss, Andrew Cockburn on Obama’s drone war, and John Powers on Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai.
Jun 9, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Bogeymen of ‘The Americans’ The Bogeymen of ‘The Americans’
The show, which capped its most compelling season last night, understands that the Cold War was driven to a large extent by the national subconscious.
Jun 9, 2016 / K. Leander Williams
An Ongoing Dream An Ongoing Dream
Recurring in almost all of Amit Chaudhuri’s is a stubborn urge: a wish to continue seeing and discovering things as a child.
Jun 9, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Abhrajyoti Chakraborty