Culture

‘Game of Thrones’ Could Have Been Much Worse

HBO's hit series is making the best of its heavy-handed source material.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Judges Blind To Justice

Matt Taibbi's new book, The Divide, illuminates the corruption in our courtrooms.

Moe Tkacik

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Clever Girls

'Men or books?' These could be mutually exclusive choices for young women in 1950s Europe, as two new novels show.

Jane Miller

Culture

For Cambodian Documentarians, a Conundrum

How do you show the past when the Khmer Rouge torched all traces?

Michael Atkinson

Culture

The New York Lottery, Now Kid-Friendly?

A new ad blitz makes deceptive claims.

Matthew Vaz

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The Perils of Reading While Female

Alienated by sexism in 'Great Books' (cough, Kerouac), some women create a secret canon.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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How Will We Remember the First World War?

The centenary of the Great War has sparked some ugly debates in the U.K.

Jane Miller

Culture

Let the Witness Speak

In Claude Lanzmann's new Holocaust documentary The Last of the Unjust, the line between right and wrong blurs.

Michael Atkinson

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Faux Vox Populi

Will Obama's promises to fix inequality turn out to be as hollow as Clinton's were?

Chris Lehmann

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Design And Punishment

Should architects draft more humane prisons?

Charlotte Silver

Culture

Not Wasted on the Young

Instead of worrying about achievement, we should be ensuring the young get proper youths.

Jane Miller

Culture

Throwing Satire to the Wolf

Scorsese's latest is a romp through vicarious amorality.

Michael Atkinson

Culture

The Minimal Selfie

Narcissism goes digital.

Catherine Tumber

Culture

Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 1.5: The 10 Most Boring Characters

Let's drop the pretense. Does anyone really care about Rose?

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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The Roots of the Tea Party

How conservatives came to dominate U.S. politics.

Melvyn Dubofsky

Culture

Beck Is Back

What Glenn Beck and Malcolm Gladwell have in common.

Chris Lehmann

Culture

Sex and the Older Woman

Lynne Segal provides a feminist take on desirability in old age.

Jane Miller

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Beware Mayoralphilia

For every visionary mayor, there are a dozen Rob Fords.

Catherine Tumber

Culture

A Very Adult Social Security Tantrum

Centrist Dems are horrified by Elizabeth Warren's plan to raise benefits. But populists aren't backing down.

Chris Lehmann

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Straight Outta Juárez

A new documentary on narcocorrido, the gangsta rap that glorifies the Mexican drug trade.

Michael Atkinson

Culture

Double, Double, Race and Gender Trouble

American Horror Story: Coven sets out to explore race, but doesn't get past white guilt.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Syrian Artists Pick Up the Pieces

Refugees find safety and inspiration in Beirut.

Alberto Mucci

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Berlin, a Favourite Once Again

In Berlin's renewed popularity, what has been forgotten?

Jane Miller

Culture

E Pluribus Turkey

We're obsessed with debunking Thanksgiving.

John Eicher