Books, Culture & the Arts

Hip-hop is now a powerful mainstream cultural force, but political activists haven’t quite figured out how to mobilize the hip-hop generation.

In his new book, Jonathan Zittrain argues the very qualities that make the personal computer and the Internet so valuable are the source of their vulnerability and possible undoing.

Princeton political scientist Larry Bartels casts provocative light on what’s at stake when Americans go to the polls.

The blog Stuff White People Like, became an Internet sensation but it’s more than just a humor blog — the site tells us something about the mostly white, affluent audience that has so enthusiastically embraced a mocking rundown of their culture.

Two Yale political scientists set out to see what actually gets people out to the polls — and found out it all comes down to a personal touch.

Two men of the ’60s considered: Charles Halpern, who helped create public-interest law, and Tony Mazzocchi, who helped create occupational health and safety standards.

Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein argue that by structuring our choices, government can save us from bad economic and social decisions.

Several new books on the rise and fall of conservatism look at the secrets of the movement’s decades-old success — and modern-day failures.

The new museum of journalism only serves to highlight how the industry has failed to fully adapt to the digital age.

Did September 11 signal the end of liberal internationalism — the polestar of American foreign policy from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clinton — as the Bush administration claims?