The Post-9/11 Ethics of ‘Captain America: Civil War’
Marvel’s Civil War comic series was an allegory for a traumatized moment in American history. Professor Mark D. White explains why its focus on liberty and security still feels so urgent.
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Holy Water
Why the secularization of water is responsible for our current environmental crisis. By Peter C. Baker Elixir: A…
The Magic and the Mystery of Water
Water doesn’t just sustain life and literature; it also takes them away. By Jason G. Goldman The Water…
Shelf Help: ‘Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water’
The Power Broker of water in the West. By Peter C. Baker Cadillac Desert: The American West and…
A Critique of Conscience in Joseph DeLappe’s Video Games
DeLappe’s public-spirited Internet creations are a rebuke to colonial power — and to the hegemony of an art market run…
Why Do These White Women Look So Sad?
Is the Sad Girls movement an exceptionally morbid fashion trend, or a feminist statement? I talked to feminists…
Crackonomics in Baltimore
D. Watkins’ smoldering new memoir narrates the economics of selling drugs in post-industrial Baltimore. By Colette Shade The…
Helping Your Kids Navigate Sex in the Real World
It’s difficult — finding it to be so makes you a typical parent. But it’s also critical, and all it…
You Don’t Have to Hear the Music to Get Down
How Dancing With the Stars became an unlikely showcase for deaf dancing’s singular beauty and culture. ByLilit Marcus…
Prince Gave Us ‘Diamonds and Pearls’ — Plus a Vision of Artistic Control
Prince was a creative legend. He was also a flawed business genius.