Culture

The Case Against Using the GDP as a Measure of Economic Health

The GDP has always been a bitterly contested yardstick, explains Ehsan Masood in a new history.

Chris Lehmann

The Ship Breakers

Working the maritime graveyard shift

Peter Wieben

Cuts for the Poor, Tax Havens for the Rich

The Panama Papers expose the hypocrisy of England's oligarchs.

Jane Miller

Jane Austen, Class Warrior

Most Austen adaptations are little more than 'buttoned-up, tea-drinking porn.' But Whit Stillman's new film 'Love & Friendship' foregrounds Austen's sharp observations on social mobility.

Eileen Jones

Even a Time Finance Columnist Is Now Questioning American Capitalism

Rana Foroohar's "Makers and Takers" breaks down crisis-prone U.S. economy

Chris Lehmann

In Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, A Refugees-Eye View of a France We Rarely See

Three Sri Lankan strangers must pretend to be a family in a strange land

Michael Atkinson

When the Steel Mill Gets Replaced by a GOP Megadonor’s Casino

A new book analyzes the demise of Bethlehem Steel and the rise of a casino in post-industrial Pennsylvania.

Catherine Tumber

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New Comic Book ‘Black Panther #1’ Is ‘Black as Hell’

Comic book readers, writers and artists of color have long been excluded from the comic book world. That appears to be changing.

Darryl Holliday

Prime Minister David Cameron Is Right; the U.K. Should Stay in the EU

But its half-hearted participation must go.

Jane Miller

Two Upcoming Fims Not Coming to a Theater Near You

'Francofonia' and 'Cemetery of Splendour' are worth tracking down

Michael Atkinson

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