Culture

Melania Trump

Melania’s Law: What Can Go Wrong, Will Go Wrong Melania’s Law: What Can Go Wrong, Will Go Wrong

A humorous response to the RNC.

Jul 22, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan

Across the Border

Across the Border Across the Border

A new biography of William Henry Ellis reminds us how much we still don’t know about the elusive history of racial subterfuge in America.

Jul 21, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Michael A. Elliott

The Partisan Reviewer

The Partisan Reviewer The Partisan Reviewer

In two recent essay collections, Tim Parks explores why we bother with reading and writing books.

Jul 21, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld

US Women's Hockey Player

Why Don’t People Watch Women’s Sports? Why Don’t People Watch Women’s Sports?

Ask sports journalists.

Jul 20, 2016 / Amanda Ottaway

David Ackles Album

David Ackles, Rediscovered Again David Ackles, Rediscovered Again

Stacy Sullivan’s jazz tribute elevates the unknown troubadour back to his rightful place among the glittered gods of ’70s pop-rock.

Jul 20, 2016 / David Hajdu

Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News attends panel discussion at Television Critics Association summer press tour in Pasadena

Hey, Roger Ailes, You’re Fired! Hey, Roger Ailes, You’re Fired!

Will the Fox News CEO’s downfall signal a sea change in cable news reporting?

Jul 19, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman

Legend of Tarzan still

A Brutal Account of Colonialism in Africa Just Showed Up in the Most Unlikely of Places: Hollywood A Brutal Account of Colonialism in Africa Just Showed Up in the Most Unlikely of Places: Hollywood

Bet you didn’t know the latest Tarzan movie was based on this story.

Jul 19, 2016 / Adam Hochschild

Woody Guthrie

Top 10 Woody Guthrie Songs Top 10 Woody Guthrie Songs

Guthrie composed some of the most powerful protest songs ever written.

Jul 15, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg

Wayne LaPierre, 2011 (Photograph by Gage Skidmore)

If Wayne LaPierre Held a Press Conference If Wayne LaPierre Held a Press Conference

Half-answers, typical rhetoric, and diversions.

Jul 15, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan

Gabby Douglas at the 2012 Olympic trials in San Jose, California (Peter Read Miller)

Out of Sight, Top of Mind Out of Sight, Top of Mind

A new book conveys the powerful role photography plays in sports. But the photographers are still something of a mystery.

Jul 15, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ian F. Blair

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