Courtney Martin

Hollywood and Washington have always had a lot of connections, but, this election cycle, the nature of celebrity involvement in politics has really changed.

Even though I didn’t vote for you, I want to thank you for your path-breaking campaign. You changed the landscape of politics and gender.

Feminists inevitably lose when they take a reductive approach to generational rifts, such as the current fracas over whether or not to vote for Hillary Clinton. It’s time for a more complex conversation.

Her new show may promote creative philanthropy, but in the end “Oprah’s Big Give” only underscores the dated view that everyone is either a giver or a receiver, a have or a have-not.

Obama’s speech rose above the rush to label anyone and everyone a racist, and instilled hope for a more productive national conversation about race, gender, and class.

Michel Gondry’s Be Kind, Rewind celebrates ordinary people and the extraordinary power of creativity and community.

If he’s so concerned about terrorism, why has Bush shown so little compassion toward the meek in the most dangerous parts of the world? A prestigious group of female national-security experts wants to know.