Remembering Praful Bidwai Remembering Praful Bidwai
Praful Bidwai used rigorous journalism to advance progressive change.
Jul 1, 2015 / Mark Kesselman
Theo Bleckmann’s Bazaar Theo Bleckmann’s Bazaar
A vocalist as playfully experimental as Albert Ayler or Ornette Coleman.
Jul 1, 2015 / David Hajdu
July 1, 1867: Canada Is Created July 1, 1867: Canada Is Created
"The dominion of Canada is formally in existence, to the great satisfaction of the politicians who infest the provinces, if of nobody else."
Jul 1, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
June 30, 1936: Margaret Mitchell’s ‘Gone with the Wind’ Is Published June 30, 1936: Margaret Mitchell’s ‘Gone with the Wind’ Is Published
"Margaret Mitchell gives us our Civil War through Southern eyes exclusively, and no tolerant philosophy illumines the crimes of the invaders."
Jun 30, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
The Civil War in Syria Is Invisible—but This Anonymous Film Collective Is Changing That The Civil War in Syria Is Invisible—but This Anonymous Film Collective Is Changing That
Abounaddara has been chronicling the hidden moments of the war, week after week.
Jun 29, 2015 / Moustafa Bayoumi
In the Wake of Charleston, Fox News Is Perplexed on Just What the Confederate Flag and the N-Word Mean In the Wake of Charleston, Fox News Is Perplexed on Just What the Confederate Flag and the N-Word Mean
Are civil rights just an exercise in symbol management?
Jun 29, 2015 / Leslie Savan
The US Is Addicted to War The US Is Addicted to War
When you define something as war, violence becomes the only means.
Jun 29, 2015 / William J. Astore
Why the Same-Sex Marriage Decision Is a Victory for Romance Why the Same-Sex Marriage Decision Is a Victory for Romance
Kennedy’s gay marriage ruling may have been schmaltzy, but such sentimentality about marriage enabled today’s triumph.
Jun 29, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg
June 29, 2003: Katharine Hepburn Dies June 29, 2003: Katharine Hepburn Dies
"She acquired a reputation upon the smallest of down payments and then, like the honest debtor she is, set about the unpleasant business of earning the fame she already enjoyed."
Jun 29, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
June 28, 1914: Gavrilo Princip Assassinates Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Sparking World War I June 28, 1914: Gavrilo Princip Assassinates Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Sparking World War I
"Governments cannot yield to terrorism."
Jun 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner