Books and Entertainment

Review: Leela Yellesetty

Our own terrifying Gilead

The second season of The Handmaid's Tale airs today--and like the first one, it speaks to the horrors of life under Donald Trump. April 25, 2018
Review: Guy Miller

Fascism's American cousin

Opponents of the far right will find valuable historical lessons for organizing in a short pamphlet about fascists in an earlier era. March 27, 2018
Review: Krystal Kara

A superhero for #MeToo

Resistance to sexual assault and harassment are stitched into the fabric of the second season of the Netflix show Jessica Jones. March 22, 2018
Comment: Dave Zirin

The outrage before the upset

The sweetness of Loyola's upset victory in the NCAA basketball tournament is soured for students by police violence on campus. March 19, 2018
Review: Guy Miller

Introducing...Eugene Debs

A new documentary pays tribute to one of the most famous socialists and union leaders in U.S. history: Eugene V. Debs. March 13, 2018
Comment: Laura Durkay

It's been a long time coming

Change was most definitely in the air at the 2018 Academy Awards, and there's even more to come in Hollywood as a whole. March 6, 2018
Review: Krystal Kara

Believe the hype about Black Panther

The blockbuster film Black Panther has the potential to bring political questions and arguments home to a whole new audience. February 23, 2018
Review: Amy Muldoon

Black Heroes Matter

More than showing Black audiences a hero that looks like them, Black Panther grapples with the experiences moviegoers have had. February 22, 2018
Review: David Bliven

The whole rotten barrel has to go

Alex Vitale's The End of Policing provides the arguments and facts to back up radical alternatives to the criminal justice system. February 14, 2018
Obituary: Ursula Le Guin

Imagining a better world

The feminist novelist embraced the fantastic to tell stories that compelled readers to rethink their assumptions about society. January 30, 2018
Comment: Dave Zirin

The NFL owners who would rather lose

What does it say that several hopeful NFL franchises decided to tank the season rather than sign Colin Kaeperick to a contract? January 9, 2018
Roundtable

More of the best of the worst year ever

SW contributors are back with another round of recommendations in music, books and movies to wash away the taste of a bad year. December 19, 2017
Roundtable

The best of the worst year ever

It's a bad sign when the year begins with Donald Trump's inauguration, but 2017 did have some welcome relief in music, books and movies. December 18, 2017
Review: Colin Patrick

How a revolution shaped a revolution

Leon Trotsky's profound combination of political analysis and engaging storytelling is available in a new edition of a classic book. December 18, 2017
Review: Annie Zirin

Making everything new

The best works in the Art Institute exhibition on the Russian Revolution show the spirit of artists inspired to "remake everything." December 15, 2017
Review: Jim Bullington

Sound theories

A new book explores how musicians have sometimes acquiesced to the world around them--and sometimes challenged and even changed it. December 6, 2017
Review: Scott McLemee

One nation under the Bible?

The Green family has a specific brand of Christianity that it is trying to push--and it's using a new "museum" in order to do it. December 4, 2017
Review: Scott McLemee

The hateful history of the Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan has sown racist terror for 150 years, but a new book focuses on one of the three distinct phases of its existence. November 28, 2017
Comment: Dave Zirin

The NFL owners' holiday insult

In having the Washington football team host a Thanksgiving game, it's as if the NFL wants to have a joke at all our expense. November 23, 2017
Review: Pranav Jani

Yes, mocking Indian accents is racist

Hari Kondabolu's The Problem with Apu takes on The Simpsons' longstanding caricature--and reflects growing pride among South Asian Americans. November 22, 2017
Review: Christine Bird

Louise Bryant's red months in Russia

Louise Bryant's moving eyewitness chronicle of the Russian Revolution deserves to be discovered by a new audience. November 22, 2017
Review: Elizabeth Terzakis

Not a riot but a revolution

Eyewitnesses to the Russian Revolution vividly a unique historical event--when working people took power in Russia. November 13, 2017
Review: Guy Miller

Why four died in Ohio

A recent book charts the political and social context behind the shooting of four Kent State antiwar protesters in 1970. October 24, 2017
Comment: Dave Zirin

Did solidarity trump the NFL owners?

Protesting NFL players, inspired by Colin Kaepernick's protest against racism, have wrung major concessions out of the owners. October 24, 2017
Comment: Dave Zirin

Trump spurs athletes to action

More NFL players than ever took a knee during the National Anthem on Sunday after Donald Trump's bigoted remarks. September 25, 2017

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