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The Orange Rage Monster Running For President The Orange Rage Monster Running For President

“Trump smash all standards of propriety.”

Apr 5, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Cesar Chavez in July, 1972.

We Are Judged by How We Treat the Helpless and the Poor We Are Judged by How We Treat the Helpless and the Poor

On his 89th birthday, it’s worth remembering how complicated and controversial Cesar Chavez really was.

Mar 31, 2016 / Richard Kreitner

Less Is Moore

Less Is Moore Less Is Moore

Observations is one of the great verbal works of art of the 20th century, in part because of Marianne Moore’s infectious devotion to everything small.

Mar 31, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach

Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse?

Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse? Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse?

In theory, dating apps make it easier to meet people outside our social strata. In practice, we swipe right on people with similar socioeconomic backgrounds.

Mar 29, 2016 / Eliza Schultz

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

An Alien’s View of the 2016 Election An Alien’s View of the 2016 Election

Electing Trump may mean the end of the world.

Mar 29, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Who Can Change the American University?

Who Can Change the American University? Who Can Change the American University?

Many professors won’t support their students who are protesting campus racism—even when they want to.

Mar 29, 2016 / Eve Dunbar

Will This New Book Change the National Debate on Poverty?

Will This New Book Change the National Debate on Poverty? Will This New Book Change the National Debate on Poverty?

Matthew Desmond’s Evicted, now a national bestseller, has exposed the calamitous effects of mass displacement caused by the lack of affordable housing.

Mar 29, 2016 / Feature / Eyal Press

Theater in Santiago

Chile’s Future: On the World Stage Chile’s Future: On the World Stage

What can Chile’s Santiago a Mil festival tell us about the country?

Mar 25, 2016 / Alisa Solomon

David Hammons, Orange Is The New Black, 2014

David Hammons: The Private Public Artist David Hammons: The Private Public Artist

The staging of Hammons’s work at Mnuchin Gallery amounts to the punch line of a joke that has extended throughout his half-century career.

Mar 25, 2016 / Antwaun Sargent

Now 17, the ‘Obamacare Kid’ Comes Out as Transgender

Now 17, the ‘Obamacare Kid’ Comes Out as Transgender Now 17, the ‘Obamacare Kid’ Comes Out as Transgender

The courageous Marcelas Owens continues to blaze trails.

Mar 24, 2016 / Rep. Pramila Jayapal

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