The History of a Dream
Nicholas Powers imagines a history of the past two years in which the people who worked for Obama’s election…
The Indypendent
Nicholas Powers imagines a history of the past two years in which the people who worked for Obama’s election…
For Colored Girls Directed by Tyler Perry Lionsgate, 2010 When I first heard about Tyler Perry’s plan to direct…
Irina’s Picks: Below the Street
For those staying in NYC over the holidays — do something fun and avoid the usual crowds. The underground…
Black Bloc, White Riot: Anti-Globalization and the Genealogy of Dissent AK Thompson AK Press, 2010 Black Bloc, White Riot…
Fire on the Mountain Terry Bisson PM Press, 2009 Near the end of Terry Bisson’s utopian novel Fire on…
From Conservapedia to Brooklyn Rock
There isn’t much overtly right-wing music. Ted Nugent is known as a farright rock star for his “God, guts,…
Why We Should All Move to Germany
Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?:How the European Model Can Help You Get a Life Thomas Geoghegan New…
Feminism, Paint and Matzo Meal
Shifting the Gaze: Painting and Feminism Sept. 12, 2010–Jan. 30, 2011 The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave. Do you…
Two Brainiac Oddballs and One Mean Bastard
I first wished George Steinbrenner dead around 1998, during the American League playoffs. The Yankees owner would have been…
Race and Radicalism in the Union Army Mark A. Lause University of Illinois, 2009 In the decades following the…