The Odd Couple The Odd Couple
Through their editorial work on the writings of Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno and Gershom Scholem forged an unlikely friendship.
Jun 9, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon
The Genius of Jane Jacobs, Who Changed the Way We Think About Cities The Genius of Jane Jacobs, Who Changed the Way We Think About Cities
She argued in favor of local wisdom and community visions over the grandiose designs of distant planners.
Jun 8, 2016 / Feature / Roberta Brandes Gratz
Captain America: Without a Country, Again Captain America: Without a Country, Again
Marvel Comics would tell you it’s more complicated than this, but Captain America is now (and apparently has always been) a Nazi.
Jun 7, 2016 / Loren A. Lynch
Forget the Guns—Ban Swimming Pools! Forget the Guns—Ban Swimming Pools!
Guns are not to blame in accidental shooting deaths of toddlers.
Jun 7, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
Chuffah Degree Zero Chuffah Degree Zero
Why has trivial conversation become essential in contemporary cinema?
Jun 7, 2016 / Joshua Clover
The Nation’s Summer-Reading List: Part 2 The Nation’s Summer-Reading List: Part 2
Staffers and contributors share their summer reads on populism, the surrealism of immigration, how to write erotica, and more.
Jun 7, 2016 / The Nation
The Nation’s Summer-Reading List: Part 1 The Nation’s Summer-Reading List: Part 1
What’s on their lists? Eastern European history, new fiction, a biography of James Joyce, and more.
Jun 6, 2016 / The Nation
How Poems Think How Poems Think
The power of lyric poetry lies in negation, not self-assertion.
Jun 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
‘I Just Wanted to Be Free’: The Radical Reverberations of Muhammad Ali ‘I Just Wanted to Be Free’: The Radical Reverberations of Muhammad Ali
Ali was shaped by his times. But his death should remind us that he also shaped them.
Jun 4, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Old Locks and Irregular Pounds Old Locks and Irregular Pounds
Henry Threadgill’s improvisations are adventurous, though never at the expense of human feeling.
Jun 3, 2016 / David Hajdu