Culture

How Not To Write About Gun Culture

Iain Overton's book on gun culture completely misfires

Chris Lehmann

Terry Jones’ ‘Boom Bust Boom’ and the Greedy Monkey Theory of Economic Collapse

In a new doc, Monty Python's Jones illustrates capitalism's tendency toward disaster

Eileen Jones

The Feminist Utopia Project Isn’t Utopian Just Yet

What's missing? Age diversity and an economic analysis.

Yasmin Nair

Since the 43 Students Went Missing, 130 Bodies Have Been Found Outside Iguala, Mexico

The students' bodies haven't been found, except for one bone fragment. But rural Mexicans are seeking answers in a larger epidemic of disappearances—and unearthing graves.

Chantal Flores

Óscar Martínez’s New Book Vividly Demonstrates Why People Are Fleeing Central America

In 'a History of Violence,' the reporter and award-winning author of 'The Beast' looks at endemic drug violence

Ilan Stavans

After Decades of Bigotry and Antipolitics, the GOP Got What It Deserves in Donald Trump

With Trump, the GOP is reaping what it sowed over the last seven years. But there's no time for schadenfreude: Trump is now everyone's problem.

Chris Lehmann

Why Donald Trump Sends a Chill Through My Muslim-American Body

Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric is even more dangerous than it seems

Saqib Bhatti

The Bittersweetness of Tidying Up

Getting rid of old baggage, political as well as material

Jane Miller

‘London Has Fallen’ and the 9/11-ization of Entertainment

The sequel to 'Olympus Has Fallen' shows our ever-more-extravagant taste for destruction

Michael Atkinson

The Limits of New Dealism and Why We Need a New Progressive Theory of Political Economy

Historian Jefferson Cowie argues that the New Deal may have been a freak occurrence

Rich Yeselson

In Bed with the Surveillance State: Laura Poitras’ Intimate New Whitney Show

The filmographer best known for Citizenfour reveals the inside workings of our post-9/11 world

Liz Pelly

Christopher Hitchens’ Latest, Posthumous Essay Collection Stings Without a Point

Somewhere along the way, Hitchens lost a purpose for his contrarianism.

Mark Dunbar

2,054 Days of Solitary Confinement

A punishment that's cruel, but not unusual

Five Mualimm-Ak

Scattering Karl’s Ashes

Learning to accept the inevitable

Jane Miller

The Lessons of Zapatista Women Activists for Today’s Social Movements

The role of indigenous women in the Zapatista movement is little known.

James Tracy

Forget Techno-Optimism: We Can’t Innovate Our Way Out of Inequality

Hillary Clinton's former 'senior advisor for innovation' sees our Uber-ized future through rose-colored glasses

Chris Lehmann

Tech Could Mean the End of Capitalism. But What Comes Next?

Paul Mason, ardent critic of neoliberalism, sees a new epoch ahead

Peter C. Grosvenor

Watching Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Hateful Eight’ Is Three Hours of Self-Punishment and I Loved It

Tarantino gives us a hangman-based civilization, with specious “law and order” talk doing nothing to obscure the essential cruelty of his characters’ actions.

Eileen Jones