Opinion
US President Obama's apology to University of Texas at Austin art history professor Ann Collins Johns has created a frenzy of media coverage but also some inexplicably strange responses.
Opinion
There comes a time when an American politician has to stand not for what's popular, but what's Right, what's True.
News
Professor Ann Collins Johns at the University of Texas at Austin was just as peeved as many people were about President Barack Obama's knock on art history majors. So she did what any self-assured art historian would do and wrote a letter to Obama on January 31, shortly after the President's remarks
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — President Barack Obama stands fully formed in wax towards the exit of the entertaining, kitschy tourist trap that is the Hollywood Wax Museum. Celebrity gazing is a thoroughly American tradition.
News
Speaking on the floor of a General Electric plant just outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin, today, President Obama made some remarks on the state of education and employment in the US, bringing up art history degrees in the process.
Opinion
If you follow the news these days, you might be worried about the American government and the secrecy and ruthlessness with which it has been conducting itself. You might be concerned about the National Security Agency (NSA) reading your email, or dismayed by Bradley Manning's 35-year sentence, or h
Film
The NSA surveillance scandal has, in a short term, made a lot of people feel depressed and/or worried about the state of governance in America. This is both good and bad for Jeremy Scahill’s new documentary, Dirty Wars, which is directed by Richard Rowley and is also the title of a simultaneously re
Opinion
After what had been seen as a tight race, nail-biting election returns, and an interminable wait period for Mitt Romney to actually concede (and for Barack Obama to come out and give a victory speech), we finally have a confirmed president for the next four years. Here's what Obama's win looked like
Opinion
Hyperallergic endorsed US President Barack Obama a few weeks ago, and we're happy to report that the Democratic nominee has been elected to a second term today.
News
How do the two US Presidential candidates measure up in regards to their arts-funding records?
Opinion
As if you needed any more: 30 Reasons is a series of campaign posters presenting arguments for the re-election of our incumbent president created by independent designers from across the United States.
Opinion
Some Williamburgers aren't happy with the idea of a Romney presidency but they're not exactly thrilled with Obama either.