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A controversial new commercial for Chevy pickup trucks uses historical footage of icons like Rosa Parks and Richard Nixon, alongside images from Hurricane Katrina and the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attack. Slate critic Seth Stevenson tries to understand Chevy's message.

The new ABC series Ugly Betty premieres Thursday. Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein says that, although the show is a remake of a popular Spanish-language telenovela, it feels more like a small-screen version of the recent feature film The Devil Wears Prada — a satiric send-up of the inner workings of a fashion magazine empire.

Music critic Sarah Bardeen reviews Bedtime Beats: The Secret to Sleep, a new album of classical music meant to whisk listeners away to dreamland.

Playwriters Adrian Blue and Catherine Rush talk about their new play that focuses on the history of the deaf community on Martha's Vinyard.

Filmmaker Kirby Dick's new documentary, This Film is Not Yet Rated, peers into the secretive world of the Motion Picture Association of America's film ratings system. MPAA board members are anonymous, deliberations are private, and standards are seemingly arbitrary.

Funny Ha Ha, the first film by 29-year-old director Andrew Bujalski, made a lot of critics top 10 lists in 2004 -- quite a feat for a film made with a minimal crew, a loose script, and the director's friends. Bujalski’s new film, Mutual Appreciation, features Justin Rice, lead singer for the indie pop band Bishop Allen. Now playing in New York and Los Angeles, it will open in more cities this fall.

A short-lived program in the early 2000s allowed married couples to consolidate their student loans for a lower interest rate. Now, with no legal way to separate the loans, some want changes.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews The Departed, the new Martin Scorsese film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, and Jack Nicholson.

To control inflation during WWII, the U.S. government resorted to wide-ranging price controls. Their unintended consequences might explain why today's policymakers are reluctant to try it again.

Some new anti-drug public service commercials are using a subtle tone and message. Slate critic Seth Stevenson says the ads portray realistic tales of casual drug users, instead of using a "this is your brain on drugs" type of shock value.