Culture

Faux Vox Populi

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

Chris Lehmann

Culture

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

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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

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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

Culture

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

Culture

The Spooks Next Door

How suburbia emerged alongside America's covert foreign interventions.

Margaret Garb

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The Beats Go On

Counter-culture badassery is back in Kill Your Darlings.

Michael Atkinson

Culture

The Age of Amazon

Has Jeff Bezos thrust us into a nightmare version of a consumer utopia?

Chris Lehmann

Culture

Reading Camus in Tunisia

The Rebel and the Arab Spring.

Robert Zaretsky

Culture

A Bathroom of One’s Own

In a Kenyan slum, pocket privies offer women safety, autonomy and a way to make a living.

John Collins

Culture

Silk Road Rage

Jia Zhangke's A Touch of Sin is a grotesque portrayal of modern-day China's struggle with corruption.

Michael Atkinson

Culture

Saints and Sinners

Stephen Jimenez's new book, The Book of Matt, aims to de-mythologize Matthew Shepard.

Yasmin Nair

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Experts Needed; Knowledge Optional

How the Beltway media embraced a fake Syria expert.

Chris Lehmann