Culture
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
K-Pop’s Soft Power
The story of South Korea's musical exports.
Neil Manticore-Griffin
Scofflaws, Elected or Otherwise
America has entered a surreal post-accountability age.
Chris Lehmann
Murdering the Messenger
Anna Politkovskaya's death raises an important question.
Steve Weinberg
Another Grunt’s-Eye View
Like Restrepo, the battle documentary Armadillo hyperfocuses on homegrown Everyboys. Not a good idea.
Michael Atkinson
Interns of the World, Unite!
We have nothing to lose but our résumés.
Ross Perlin
All Changes Great and Small
It's impossible to chart change when it happens so fast.
Jane Miller
The Other Labor Struggle
In defense of midwifery.
Eleanor J. Bader
Chile’s One-Man Truth Commission
Patricio Guzmán's latest film extends his 35-year yowl of rage.
Michael Atkinson
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