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Algerian Chronicles shows that Camus still has something to say to us—not about terrorism but economic justice.

A call for architects to refuse to design chambers of living death.

David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium, Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess

Fifty years after the March on Washington, Dr. King’s most famous speech, like his own political legacy, is widely misunderstood.

On city walls across the country, muralists and street artists depict him as a statesman, visionary, hero and martyr.

Two photographers focus on the difficulties of putting words to what one sees.

Wake Up and Live! reveals the connection between the radical individualism of 1930s self-help manuals and fascist politics.