Culture

All About Pace

All About Pace All About Pace

For all its commercial mass, Avengers: Infinity War floats along as if it were any other item on a day’s menu of diversions.

May 4, 2018 / Stuart Klawans

Pledge of Allegiance by Dorothea Lange

No Barbed Wire, No Guard Towers No Barbed Wire, No Guard Towers

The photographic legacy of the WWII-era detainment of Japanese Americans is itself a product of historical forces.  

May 4, 2018 / Madeleine Han

Can Yanis Varoufakis Save Europe?

Can Yanis Varoufakis Save Europe? Can Yanis Varoufakis Save Europe?

At a moment when many on the right and left have abandoned the European project, Greece’s former finance minister has other plans for the continent.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Joseph Conrad and the Dawn of Globalization

Joseph Conrad and the Dawn of Globalization Joseph Conrad and the Dawn of Globalization

What passes for civilization is often just refined savagery.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

Mothering Under Capitalism

Mothering Under Capitalism Mothering Under Capitalism

Jacqueline Rose and the politics of motherhood.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Merve Emre

Puzzle No. 3466

Puzzle No. 3466 Puzzle No. 3466

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  8, 14A and 26 See 12 (2,8,2,8,4,7,4,4,2-4) 10 Pro-Democratic pyromaniac, initially enthusiastic about something that…

May 3, 2018 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Timothy Snyder’s Bleak Vision

Timothy Snyder’s Bleak Vision Timothy Snyder’s Bleak Vision

In The Road to Unfreedom, Snyder’s vision of history driven by rival states and ruthless statesmen undermines his own insistence on the importance of individual responsibility.&nbs...

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Pinkham

Moby’s Relentless Pursuit of Authenticity

Moby’s Relentless Pursuit of Authenticity Moby’s Relentless Pursuit of Authenticity

His new album, Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt, sounds teleported directly from 1999.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye

Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye

In the absence of revolution, Perry Anderson embraces realism.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

Cardi B’s Best Life

Cardi B’s Best Life Cardi B’s Best Life

What some would consider missteps, the rapper has turned into the stuff of stardom, and Invasion of Privacy is a momentous testament to perseverance.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Briana Younger

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