Tag: wealth
‘Long Lost’: New Margulies Play Should Stay Undiscovered
The playwright thinks he’s offering us shocks. They register more like mild nudges.
Let Them Eat Culture: Notre Dame and the Collateral Damage of...
Where they elite meet to...not care about anyone but the elite. As usual.
At Driehaus Museum, Yinka Shonibare Fabricates Post-Colonial Identity
The artist takes over a lavish Chicago mansion, for a contemporary twist on Gilded Age excess.
Ten 2018 Movies the President Should Watch (But Won’t)
They'd have a lot to teach him. If only he'd watch them. And none are by white guys.
It Floats. It Sails. It Sinks: Anthony Giardina’s ‘Dan Cody’s Yacht’
Teenagers with well-grounded values is the best part of the play. Then there's the rest of it.
Brooklyn Museum Shows Crass Pile of Money in the Form of...
A billionaire paying exorbitantly for a Basquiat is a bad reason to dedicate an exhibition to it.
Taxpayers Underwrite “Generosity” of the Wealthy
Let's examine how the philanthropy racket works.
NASCAR Politics: Turn Left and Gun It
So it all gets harder for Democrats, but it is never impossible.
Piketty’s Book a Visionary Challenge to Economic Inequality
"Taxes on wealth should be global and progressive."
Batman on His 75th Year of Busting Crime (and Gay Rumors)
I forget. Do straight people wear tights?
Saving Lives and Jobs Through Smarter Agriculture
Fantasyland: less GMO corn and a living wage for farm workers.
The Case for Human Labor: Hello, Yin? Yang Calling
Please don't condescend to me by calling me an asset. Consider me a vendor.
It’s Not that I Mind that Rich People Are Rich
But I do mind that the rich are pushing us into economic slavery.
That Time Susan Sontag Did Something Stupid
She staged "Waiting for Godot" in 1993 Sarajevo. A Sontag biography raises current questions on what motivates social practice.
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New Podcast: Trump Can’t Go to England and Not Be a...
We also dish Mueller's speech, slow-clap a Tea Partier, and handicap the Dems. Plus: a cold open!
