The Jewishness of "Oppenheimer"
Christopher Nolen’s Oppenheimer, a biopic about the famed scientist who oversaw the Manhattan Project and the creation of the atomic bomb, is a surprise hit of the summer. It’s made more than $650 mil...
17 Elo 202347min
It’s a Barbie World But Is That a Good Thing?
Barbie has smashed through the glass ceiling. Greta Gerwig’s new movie based on the popular Mattel doll is the big summer film of 2023. It’s made more than $1 billion –the first time that box office b...
13 Elo 202337min
The Secret Origins of Marvel
Disney has released a new documentary which myself and many others have criticized for regurgitating a mythical version of history that extolls Stan Lee as sole creator of the Marvel universe. To talk...
5 Elo 202339min
The Case For Abolishing Harvard
It’s no secret that the rich have an outsized role in Ivy League colleges, both as students and alumni. But a new study, by a group of Harvard-based economists, documents in detail just how much elite...
30 Heinä 202330min
Young Americans for Freedom Hates Freedom
There’s an old joke that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor even an empire. The right-wing student group Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), founded in William F. Buckley’s house in...
22 Heinä 202335min
Moms For Liberty and Its Media Apologists
Although only formed in 2021, Moms For Liberty, a group agitating for reactionary policies in schools, is already a major player in national politics. Republican presidential hopefuls like Ron DeSanti...
12 Heinä 202326min
Moira Donegan on the Reactionary Vision of the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ended its term last week with a spate of extremely right-wing decisions that included severely restricting affirmative action in elite universities and colleges, clawing back on anti...
5 Heinä 202338min
The State of the Left in Chile, El Salvador and Nicaragua
This week we return to Central and South America with Jeffrey Gould, a scholar and filmmaker who has a long history of documenting social movements in the region. Currently distinguished visiting prof...
28 Kesä 202353min
