Culture

In Defense of the Public

We must not let the commons be privatized.

Eve L. Ewing

The End of Indie?

The difference between "mainstream" and "indie" music has almost disappeared.

Rachel Lears

The Politics of a New Metropolis

Fritz Lang's newly expanded dystopian classic looks better than ever. Its vision of humanity? Not so much.

Michael Atkinson

Eight Myths of Justice

Innocent Americans are routinely convicted and incarcerated. The new book False Justice explains how.

Steve Weinberg

Reading Gandhi in Budrus

A new documentary illuminates the power of nonviolent protest in a Palestinian village opposing the West Bank barrier.

Michael Atkinson

The Surreal World

Class anxiety, hyperconsumption and mocking the poor, for your viewing pleasure.

Jennifer Pozner

Hull-House Museum: Open to the Counter-Public

The revolution lives at Jane Addams' historic old house in Chicago.

Andrew Oxford

Let’s Rethink Masculinity

Real men should be more than breadwinners.

Joan C. Williams

Blood Stains Zimbabwe Diamonds

After a promising discovery, endemic corruption causes hope to fade.

Sam Gregory

The Fog of Jihad

The Oath, now out on DVD, brilliantly explores the muddy battle lines between the U.S. and al Qaeda.

Michael Atkinson

Stuff White People Do

How do justice-focused whites fit into the struggle against racism in America?

Micah Uetricht

Movin’ on Up

The Warmth of Other Suns gives the Great Migration the attention it deserves.

Eve Ottenberg

‘The Manchurian President’: Chicago’s Commie Liberal Puppet

The paranoid style of American politics is alive and well.

Chip Berlet

Once Upon a Time, in America…

The right has one fundamental advantage over its opponents: storytelling.

Michael Atkinson

‘There is Power in a Union’

The past, present and future of America’s labor movement

Steve Weinberg

Jailed Hikers: the Untold Story

The three Americans Iran has charged with espionage are not who you think they are.

Kari Lydersen

A Bronx School Tale

A new book shows how grassroots community organizing and persistence turned around one of the country's most corrupt school districts.

Louis Nayman

King of the Crazy Suit

Meet Jonathan Lee Riches, the most litigious man in history.

Beau Hodai