The African Airlift The African Airlift
The 1960 "airlift" of 800 African students to study in the United States lent a crucial boost to John F. Kennedy's popularity among African-Americans.
Sep 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Karen Rothmyer
Emotional Rescue Emotional Rescue
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Claire Denis's 35 Shots of Rum, Jane Campion's Bright Star
Sep 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
A Domestic Existentialist: On Mercè Rodoreda A Domestic Existentialist: On Mercè Rodoreda
Mercè Rodoreda's fiction plumbs a sadness borne of helplessness, an almost voluptuous vulnerability.
Sep 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Wimmer
A Year Later, Little Change on Wall Street A Year Later, Little Change on Wall Street
Ode to a bailout.
Sep 16, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Stewart Slams Beck, Tea Party Protesters Stewart Slams Beck, Tea Party Protesters
Jon Stewart reveals the not-so-subtle hypocrisy of Fox News' laudatory coverage of the so-called '9-12 movement' and tea party events held in the nation's capital.
Sep 15, 2009 / Video / The Daily Show
Monsanto: Playing God Monsanto: Playing God
Monsanto is dangerously re-engineering America's food supply.
Sep 10, 2009 / Feature / Kirkpatrick Sale
Speak as Little as Possible: On Clarice Lispector Speak as Little as Possible: On Clarice Lispector
Novelist Clarice Lispector idealized animals and idiots because they were free of the desire to translate experience into words.
Sep 10, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Aviv
The Tel Aviv Party Stops Here The Tel Aviv Party Stops Here
The glittering "spotlight" at a Toronto film festival is a reflection of Israel's desire to avoid scrutiny for its actions in Gaza.
Sep 9, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Naomi Klein
People, Let’s Get Our Carbon Down People, Let’s Get Our Carbon Down
From soul to hip-hop: the new environmental movement has a street beat.
Sep 9, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Bill McKibben and Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.
The Network Evening News Anchors Will Be Majority Women The Network Evening News Anchors Will Be Majority Women
This just in...
Sep 9, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin