Category: Pop Culture
From the comfortable alt-rock of PJ Harvey to the hypnotic antagonism of Anohni, new protest music offers a relief from the official rhythms of war and peace
“Formation” does, in the end, embody the meaningful intervention that identity politics can stage. It is, for many black Americans, empowering
Hip-hop in America has not liberated us from college debt, police brutality, prison infamy, Clarence Thomas, Donald Trump or the one percent
This is Obama’s dream eulogy when the first drone warrior king is finally laid to rest
The film “Where to Invade Next” gives me hope that human beings are not a species condemned to ignorance and cruelty
If any movie deserves an Oscar this February 28, it is “Trumbo” with Bryan Cranston as best actor
Viewers witnessed one of the most political halftime shows in Super Bowl history
Noam Chomsky talks about the gladiatorial spectacle before us, re-lives his early love affair with baseball, talks about the phenomena of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, and his Super Bowl pick
When one understands that the Oscars were founded as pro-capitalist, then a certain disparity becomes obvious
Finding Donald Trump’s appeal through “The Apprentice”