How Bernie Sanders Should Talk About Democratic Socialism How Bernie Sanders Should Talk About Democratic Socialism
Instead of looking to Europe, Sanders could evoke the rich heritage of American radicalism.
Oct 21, 2015 / Eric Foner
Louisville Basketball and the NCAA’s Political Economy of Misogyny Louisville Basketball and the NCAA’s Political Economy of Misogyny
We can’t afford to be cynical about the news that the most lucrative college hoops program in the country uses women as a form of currency.
Oct 21, 2015 / Dave Zirin
October 18, 1851: Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’ Is Published October 18, 1851: Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’ Is Published
“Born in hell-fire, and baptized in an unspeakable name, ‘Moby-Dick’ reads like a great opium dream.”
Oct 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Comix Nation Comix Nation
Oct 15, 2015 / Matt Bors
2 Things You Won’t Learn From the New Steve Jobs Film 2 Things You Won’t Learn From the New Steve Jobs Film
Apple is relentless toward its overseas labor force and remarkably innovative in its approach to tax avoidance.
Oct 15, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
Rot as Rapture, Filth as Rebellion Rot as Rapture, Filth as Rebellion
In Ottessa Moshfegh’s first full-length novel, the allure of dissolution is that it demands nothing.
Oct 15, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Katie Ryder
Black Deaths Matter Black Deaths Matter
Historic black cemeteries have devolved into trash dumps and overgrown forests, while tidy Confederate memorials still draw public funding.
Oct 15, 2015 / Feature / Seth Freed Wessler
Puzzle No. 3377 Puzzle No. 3377
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Cut the budget severely to pinch a penny—that’ll make a big impression (6) 4 Where dozens can be found with wounds…
Oct 15, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Reclaiming Black History, One Grave at a Time Reclaiming Black History, One Grave at a Time
Photojournalist Brian Palmer documents the effort to restore a Virginia cemetery overtaken by trash and brush during years of official neglect.
Oct 15, 2015 / Photo Essay / Brian Palmer and Erin Hollaway Palmer
Vagrancy in the Park Vagrancy in the Park
The essence of Wallace Stevens: Roses, roses. Fable and dream. The pilgrim sun.
Oct 15, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Susan Howe