Back Talk: Toni Morrison
Christine Smallwood
The Nobel Prize-winning author talks about Barack Obama, the writer; language; and her new novel, A Mercy.
2008
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Stewartsville
Christine Smallwood : Non-Fiction
What possessed the fierce individualist George R. Stewart to compile a history of place-naming in the United States?
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Remembering Studs
André Schiffrin : Nation History
Studs Terkel's longtime publisher looks back on the historian's remarkable career.
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In Defense of Studs Terkel
Howard Zinn
Edward Rothstein separates Studs Terkel's politics from his oral history, proving he doesn't understand the man's legacy at all.
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Dick Meyer: Why We Hate Us
Sarah O'Leary : Non-Fiction
Veteran journalist Dick Meyer discusses America's love-hate relationship with itself.
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La Zone Grise
Alice Kaplan
Five books explore the sorrows and moral complexity of Irène Némirovsky and others who suffered Nazi persecution in France.
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Who Are They Calling Elitist?
Eric Alterman : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
Why do conservatives continue to feel oppressed by the "liberal elite"?
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Beyond the New Deal
Howard Zinn : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
How refreshing it would be if a presidential candidate reminded us of the experience of the New Deal.
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FDR's Democratic Propaganda
Stephen Duncombe : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
Today's progressive message-makers can learn a lot from Franklin Roosevelt's homey "fireside chats."
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Potent Publics
Anna Deavere Smith : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
The US public is wonderfully diverse, but the arts are not equally accessible to all.
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Banana Kings
Emily Biuso : Agriculture
The history of banana cultivation is rife with labor and environmental abuse, corporate skulduggery and genetic experiments gone awry.
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Art and Propaganda
Milton Glaser
Using fear and the classic tools of persuasion, the Bush Administration has subverted American mythology and our national character.
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The Big Yam
John Feffer : China
Chinese hearts, minds and pocketbooks get a lot of attention from the Eastern and Western consumer markets.
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New Old Things
Frances Richard : Non-Fiction
A new collection of short pieces by the prodigious and wide-ranging critic Luc Sante doubles as a history of Modernism's outlaws.
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A Great Deal of Work
George Scialabba : Non-Fiction
Edmund Wilson's politics have long been criticized, but his views were more nuanced than you might think.
2007
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Amnesia at the Multiplex
Lakshmi Chaudhry : Islam & Muslims
Two films address US adventures in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a big dose of historical amnesia, political pandering, moral superiority and outraged innocence.
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Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up?
Lakshmi Chaudhry : Electoral Politics
The cranky, quirky and sometimes progressive politics practiced by a generation once considered slackers could be a deciding factor in this presidential election.
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Come On, People
Amy Alexander : African-Americans
A new book by Bill Cosby and Alvin Poussaint is a tough-love prescription for social change. Why are critics in the black community piling on?
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Susan Faludi: America's Terror Dream
Rashi Kesarwani : Media Coverage of the War on Terrorism
A discussion with the author of The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, the master narrative of our national security myth.
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The U.S. and the World (Editors' Introduction)
The 2008 election, more than any election in decades, will turn on questions of foreign policy and national security.
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Latina America Lavishly Comes of Age
The quinceañera has become a rite of passage for even the poorest Latina teens, another example of our most treasured rites debased at the cash register.
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Terry McMillan vs. Ghetto Lit
Amy Alexander : African-Americans
Driven by a tabloid episode from her own marriage, the novelist joins the debate over the mass marketing of trashy books to young black readers.
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Taking Celebrity Seriously
Stephen Duncombe : Electoral Politics
The Paris Principle: politics are sooo hot.
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The Diana/Whore Complex
Lakshmi Chaudhry : Feminism & Women
The lovelorn, fragile women the media once revered have given way to skank posses of the skinny, the slutty and the overindulged.
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End of the Affair
The Nation Cruise drops its final anchor and its highly politicized passengers head for home.
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