Culture

When a Paradigm Falls and Nobody Hears It

The neoliberal status quo is indefensible—yet the public silently accepts its supposed legitimacy.

Chris Lehmann

The English Language Ain’t That Bad

Jane Miller

MLK Memorial Misses the Message

In search of Dr. King's dream on the National Mall.

Jordan Michael Smith

Once Upon a Time in Mississippi

The Help proves, yet again, that Hollywood can't resist placing white people at the center of racial struggles.

Michael Atkinson

By Hook & By Crook

A rogue sportsman catches corporate fish, respectfully.

Eric Johnson

Giving Gay Rights a Sporting Chance

The day when America’s athletes can play gay is drawing closer.

Pete Redington

Godard’s Oblique Socialism

The French director has never been dogmatic—he'd rather ask questions.

Michael Atkinson

Hate in the Last Best Place

Nazis, 'patriots' and the Moral Majority take refuge in Montana.

Larry Keller

Murdoch’s Minor Setback

Don’t believe the humility: The mogul’s empire is not crumbling.

Chris Lehmann

Let Them Eat Megabytes

Our media and pop culture offers virtually no indictment of the signal malady of our age: rampant inequality.

Chris Lehmann

Virtual Survival

Lower U.S military casualty rates are obscuring the horrors of war.

Eve Ottenberg

ELF’s Appetite for Destruction

The new documentary If a Tree Falls details the doomed saga of the Earth Liberation Front.

Michael Atkinson

A ‘Real Christian’ Boyhood

A scion of the evangelical right forsakes his conservatism.

Eleanor J. Bader

Living Color in Naperville

What did living in a white conservative suburb teach a progressive African woman about race in America?

Stephanie Shonekan

Atrocities Beyond Our Gates

City of Life and Death details the Rape of Nanking—and reminds us of the 20th century's widespread horrors.

Michael Atkinson

Malcolm’s X-Factor

Why did Manning Marable’s attempt to demystify Malcolm X provoke such conflict?

Salim Muwakkil

Oprah’s Celebrity Pyramid Scheme

The daytime talk goddess' therapeutic theology ultimately leads into a blind alley.

Chris Lehmann

Detroit Scrap City

A few entrepreneurs pick through the ruins for profit.

Matthew Wolfe