Short Pop Short Pop
Film and TV are plagued by duration creep. Just like work—or unemployment.
Oct 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
PBS Loves Its ‘Roosevelts’—and Its Kochs, Too PBS Loves Its ‘Roosevelts’—and Its Kochs, Too
The Roosevelts pumps PBS ratings, but that doesn’t make the network any less centrist.
Sep 19, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan
Climate Change Is Here—It’s Too Late for Pessimism Climate Change Is Here—It’s Too Late for Pessimism
Years of Living Dangerously will make you boiling mad about the climate calamity that awaits us in the twenty-first century.
Apr 15, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Spy Agencies, Not Politicians, Hold the Cards in Washington Spy Agencies, Not Politicians, Hold the Cards in Washington
The CIA and NSA routinely ignore the Constitution, yet want the Justice Department to protect them from an over-reaching Congress.
Mar 24, 2014 / Blog / William Greider
Political Theaters Political Theaters
From Yes Minister and The Thick of It to Veep, Scandal and House of Cards, British political satire and its American progeny reveal growing disillusionment with political irreality...
Feb 17, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michelle Orange
An Artful Imbalance An Artful Imbalance
Treme is an understated and deeply melancholic patchwork of American stubbornness.
Jan 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb
Alec Baldwin Is an Embarrassment Alec Baldwin Is an Embarrassment
The actor and MSNBC host has a history of unhinged homophobia. So why does he keep getting a pass?
Nov 15, 2013 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
How Masters and Johnson Remade Love How Masters and Johnson Remade Love
On the occasion of Showtime’s new miniseries, reflections on how the world changed when women learned to demand men give them orgasms.
Oct 7, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein