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

Culture

The English Language Ain’t That Bad

Jane Miller

Culture

MLK Memorial Misses the Message

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

Jordan Michael Smith

Culture

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

Culture

By Hook & By Crook

A rogue sportsman catches corporate fish, respectfully.

Eric Johnson

Culture

Giving Gay Rights a Sporting Chance

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

Pete Redington

Culture

Godard’s Oblique Socialism

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

Michael Atkinson

Culture

Hate in the Last Best Place

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

Larry Keller

Culture

Murdoch’s Minor Setback

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

Chris Lehmann

Culture

Let Them Eat Megabytes

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

Chris Lehmann

Culture

Virtual Survival

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

Eve Ottenberg

Culture

ELF’s Appetite for Destruction

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

Michael Atkinson

Culture

A ‘Real Christian’ Boyhood

A scion of the evangelical right forsakes his conservatism.

Eleanor J. Bader

Culture

Living Color in Naperville

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

Stephanie Shonekan

Culture

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

Culture

Malcolm’s X-Factor

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

Salim Muwakkil

Culture

Oprah’s Celebrity Pyramid Scheme

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

Chris Lehmann

Culture

Detroit Scrap City

A few entrepreneurs pick through the ruins for profit.

Matthew Wolfe

Culture

K-Pop’s Soft Power

The story of South Korea's musical exports.

Neil Manticore-Griffin

Culture

Scofflaws, Elected or Otherwise

America has entered a surreal post-accountability age.

Chris Lehmann

Culture

Murdering the Messenger

Anna Politkovskaya's death raises an important question.

Steve Weinberg

Culture

Another Grunt’s-Eye View

Like Restrepo, the battle documentary Armadillo hyperfocuses on homegrown Everyboys. Not a good idea.

Michael Atkinson

Culture

Interns of the World, Unite!

We have nothing to lose but our résumés.

Ross Perlin

Culture

All Changes Great and Small

It's impossible to chart change when it happens so fast.

Jane Miller