Rand Richards Cooper

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From Muckraking to Clickbait

Mike Wallace contributed both good and ill to the evolution of American journalism. Perfect for an era of fake news, a new documentary traces his evolution.

By Rand Richards Cooper

September 27, 2019

Article

What’s That Sound?

Two new films give audiences the pleasures of the four B’s of pop music: the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, the Beach Boys, and, of course, the Beatles.

By Rand Richards Cooper

August 30, 2019

Article

Hope’s High Stakes

The first Kenyan film ever officially screened at Cannes, ‘Rafiki’ was banned in Kenya for “legitimizing homosexuality” against the country’s dominant beliefs.

By Rand Richards Cooper

May 17, 2019

Same-Sex Marriage

Sexual-abuse Crisis

Foreign Affairs

Article

Creepy and Creepier

Some scary movies succeed by trafficking in every sort of imaginary monster. But Steve Bannon is the real deal.

By Rand Richards Cooper

May 4, 2019

Domestic Affairs

Article

Is this ‘Common’ Language?

Amherst’s ‘Common Language Guide’ dismissively simplifies concepts that deserve nuanced treatment.

By Rand Richards Cooper

April 22, 2019

Article

Meaning & Mirage

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s extravagant new film offers a stark contrast between authoritarian brutality and the indomitable artistic spirit

By Rand Richards Cooper

March 7, 2019

Must Reads

Politics

Reckoning with Guantánamo

The continued existence of Guantánamo Bay is unconscionable. So is the fact that it was ever opened in the first place.

September 28, 2021

Religion

‘Always Together’

An excerpt from ‘Siblings All, Sign of the Times: The Social Teaching of Pope Francis’

By Pope Francis

September 28, 2021

Culture

In Awe of All People

The late John August Swanson’s ‘Procession’ reminds us that we all walk together, sharing our suffering and our happiness.

By Claudia Avila Cosnahan

September 30, 2021

Books

‘Sops to Humanity’

Samuel Moyn’s new book demonstrates how a focus on war crimes has distracted us from the evil of war itself.

October 4, 2021

Collections

Confronting Climate Change

Writing from Commonweal on the effects of climate change and our responsibility to care for our common home.

September 20, 2021

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