10 Comedians Who Aren’t Defending Rape Jokes 10 Comedians Who Aren’t Defending Rape Jokes
Funnily enough, not all comedians are defending Daniel Tosh’s rape jokes.
Jul 13, 2012 / Blog / Katie Halper
Breaking Bad’s Failed American Dream Breaking Bad’s Failed American Dream
The “most dangerous show on television” highlights our shredded social contract.
Jul 11, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Max Rivlin-Nadler
In ‘Scandal’ and ‘Veep’, Can Female Politicos Be Powerful—and Sexy, Too? In ‘Scandal’ and ‘Veep’, Can Female Politicos Be Powerful—and Sexy, Too?
For women in politics, sexuality is often a liability. Will two new shows break the mold?
May 22, 2012 / Blog / Salamishah Tillet
Why the Friendship Segregation on HBO’s ‘Girls’ Speaks to a Bigger Problem Why the Friendship Segregation on HBO’s ‘Girls’ Speaks to a Bigger Problem
For all our talk about the multiracialism of the millennial generation, the lack of interracial social connections is more than a coincidence.
May 10, 2012 / Blog / Salamishah Tillet
Ed Schultz, Laura Ingraham, a Crude Word, a Classy Apology Ed Schultz, Laura Ingraham, a Crude Word, a Classy Apology
It was a bad week for a good man, but the MSNBC host will be back to give voice to working men and women.
May 27, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Once Every Thousand Years… Once Every Thousand Years…
The Larry Sanders Show and the compromised administration of Obama.
Nov 4, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Fame is a Bee: On Dick Cavett Fame is a Bee: On Dick Cavett
A talk-show like Dick Cavett's, intelligent but not intellectual, offered television a new twist.
Nov 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Heather Hendershot
Ed Schultz, Laura Ingraham, Crude Comment, Classy Apology Ed Schultz, Laura Ingraham, Crude Comment, Classy Apology
The MSNBC host has brought the voices of working men and women to the fore and improved the discourse for the better. That's no defense for a "vile and inappropriate...
Oct 27, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
In ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ An All-Too-Real World In ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ An All-Too-Real World
In Terence Winter's too-beautiful Boardwalk Empire, the disconnect between "dry" Washington and the "wet," thoroughly corrupt real world is as blatant as i...
Oct 1, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter
On ‘Friday Night Lights’, Abortion Stigma Goes Primetime On ‘Friday Night Lights’, Abortion Stigma Goes Primetime
Manipulating information women who are seeking abortion receive is a staple of antichoice politics. A recent episode of Friday Night Lights reveals how damaging that strategy is.
Aug 26, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nancy Northup