Anand Giridharadas's Blog, page 11

Reviving Meaningful Dialogue in Politics

Traveling around America, it can seem that we aren’t just falling out of love with each other, but also out of knowledge of each other.

It’s Showtime. Watch the Closing Doors, Please.

In Platform, a new series at the New York Transit Museum, artist-commuters perform work inspired by their experiences on the city’s subways and buses.

Seinfeld, His Show, and Inequality

A new show from Jerry Seinfeld seems, in its own small way, to show how America is moving toward a caste society.

Humanity Amid the Disorder

When traveling, the less the system works, the more important gestures of humanity become.

Rethinking Homes and Their City Role

Private equity firms, hedge funds and other institutional investors investors are snapping up houses across the United States, fueling anger in cities.

Stravinsky or Ska? You Call the Shots

At Shuffle Concerts, numbered audience members are called upon to choose the pieces the ensemble performs, from Baroque music to bossa nova.

New Boston Mayor Draws Upon a Stormy Past

Martin J. Walsh is able to bridge worlds at tense moments using his personal experiences.

A Tangled Fate of Prosperity and Struggle

What is so puzzling about modern America is how it thrives and withers at the same time.

Seeing the Show With Their Ears

Watching “The Lion King” with the help of D-Scriptive, a technology that delivers real-time narrations to blind theatergoers.

Beyonc� and Jay-Z’s Sultry Dance Makes a Case for Marriage

The idea of Beyonc� and Jay-Z as marriage ambassadors raises hard questions for both ends of the political spectrum.