Culture

What’s the Matter with Bill Maher?

The HBO comedian's brand of funny reeks of classist snobbery.

Chris Pepus

Remain Calm About “Hysteria”

Silly and uneven, the new film touches on just how crazy our thinking is about women.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Deploying Urban Space

In Rebel Cities, David Harvey says places like Tahrir Square and Zuccotti Park are key tools for revolution.

Margaret Garb

I, Cyclops: Monocularity in a 3-D World

The future of cinema doesn't look good for the 700 million people who can't process 3-D films.

Michael Atkinson

Dissecting the GOP Brain

Why can't Republicans handle the truth?

Theo Anderson

HBO’s Female Regression Analysis: Girls and Veep

American pop culture teems with characters afraid of adult responsibilities.

Chris Lehmann

A Superhero for the Ladies

The Avengers is wildly successful in part because it acknowledges women have brains—and are watching.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Reading Tolstoy in London

My friend Layrsa escaped Soviet privation, from Siberia to the Ukraine, to build a new life abroad. It's still a work in progress.

Jane Miller

Blogging Sisterhood

How feminist blogs saved my life.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

In Search of Stripper Solidarity

Can professional dancers find workplace justice?

Rachel

War and Popcorn

Serious war films are going extinct as Hollywood cranks out childish fantasies about heroism and violence.

Michael Atkinson

A Civil Solution to Labor’s Problems

The key to reviving U.S. workers' fortunes may be as simple as amending the Civil Rights Act.

Louis Nayman

Will Sanity Prevail on CBS?

It’s style versus substance for morning news shows. Guess which one is winning.

Kenneth Rapoza

The Bungled Hunt for 9/11’s Mastermind: KSM

It took Washington 10 years to capture Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed, who will soon be charged with murdering 2,976 people. A new book reveals his shadowy story.

Steve Weinberg

Rubes’ Gold in Sacks

The very public resignation of a Goldman Sachs executive exposes what most already knew: The firm is morally bankrupt.

Chris Lehmann

Courage and Convictions

Would you actually risk your life for justice?

Jane Miller

Adam Curtis: Conspiracist of Long-Lost Facts

The BBC producer/director's brilliant oeuvre is nothing less than astonishing.

Michael Atkinson

The Never-Ending Crusade

No Americans were killed on U.S. soil by Islamic extremists in 2011. Why does Islamophobia persist?

Patrick Glennon