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Puzzle No. 3432

Puzzle No. 3432 Puzzle No. 3432

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Why some cops arrive at demonstrations early (2,4,3,6)  9 Permissible to be decapitated? That’s horrible! (5) 10 Un…

May 4, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

A sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia.

Help Activists Collect 1 Million Signatures for Net Neutrality Help Activists Collect 1 Million Signatures for Net Neutrality

Trump’s FCC chairman would allow monopoly Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon to pick winners and losers online.

May 3, 2017 / NationAction

George Saunders’s Lincoln

George Saunders’s Lincoln George Saunders’s Lincoln

The novel ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ examines the Civil War as the root of America’s violent past—and as a possible source of empathy that might release us from it.

May 3, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Jon Baskin

The Fight Over Sexual Freedom

The Fight Over Sexual Freedom The Fight Over Sexual Freedom

Geoffrey Stone’s book is a powerful reminder that the history of sexual equality is one of backlash as well as progress.

May 3, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Anna North

People’s Climate March

What We Can Learn from Our ‘Radical’ Past What We Can Learn from Our ‘Radical’ Past

The clashes of the past teach us that we must stay committed to a cause bigger than any one person and be willing to fight for years to come.

May 2, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Pushing the Limits of Photography

Pushing the Limits of Photography Pushing the Limits of Photography

The reflexive photography of Paul Mpagi Sepuya and Jason Loebs.

May 2, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

andrew jackson trump

7 Things Donald Trump Gets Absolutely Wrong About Andrew Jackson 7 Things Donald Trump Gets Absolutely Wrong About Andrew Jackson

Trump imagines Jackson, a slaveholder, as a “big hearted” statesman who could have averted the Civil War.

May 1, 2017 / John Nichols

Margaret Atwood: The Shocking Relevance of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

Margaret Atwood: The Shocking Relevance of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Margaret Atwood: The Shocking Relevance of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

The dystopian novel is seeming more prescient by the year.

Apr 28, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Kendrick Lamar’s Statement of Faith

Kendrick Lamar’s Statement of Faith Kendrick Lamar’s Statement of Faith

With his excellent fourth album, DAMN., the rapper has given us an album that is as concerned with America as it is with God.

Apr 28, 2017 / Marcus J. Moore

Donald Trump and Bill O'Reilly

From Fox News to ‘Breitbart’: Liars, Harassers, and Far-Right Bottom-Feeders From Fox News to ‘Breitbart’: Liars, Harassers, and Far-Right Bottom-Feeders

I’ve argued for years that treating Fox as legitimate was a terrible mistake. The rise of Breitbart shows I should have been even more cynical.

Apr 28, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

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