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Puzzle No. 3393

Puzzle No. 3393 Puzzle No. 3393

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1  5 We’re crazy about Virgin Islands magazine (6) 10 A parrot states: “In the Northeast and the West, work!” (5) 11 …

Mar 3, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Rhythm, Water, and Global Blackness

Rhythm, Water, and Global Blackness Rhythm, Water, and Global Blackness

Whether it is in New Orleans, Gaza, Basra, Massawa, or Mogadishu, often where there are ports, there are battles for control over identity.

Mar 2, 2016 / Kristina Kay Robinson

Cairo: A Museum of Ghosts

Cairo: A Museum of Ghosts Cairo: A Museum of Ghosts

A visit to the Egyptian capital while government crackdowns are forcing many of its writers and artists to find a way out.

Mar 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ursula Lindsey

Girls and Soldier Conflict Over Soccer

It’s Time to Kick Israel Out of Soccer It’s Time to Kick Israel Out of Soccer

As we said for South Africa, “No normal sport in an abnormal society.” The idea has already rattled Israeli diplomats.

Mar 1, 2016 / Sean Jacobs and Aubrey Bloomfield

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Father’s One Regret Father’s One Regret

Life’s too short to spend wisely.

Mar 1, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Bernie Sanders Is Confronting America’s Foreign Policy Amnesia Head-On

Bernie Sanders Is Confronting America’s Foreign Policy Amnesia Head-On Bernie Sanders Is Confronting America’s Foreign Policy Amnesia Head-On

Why is no one else talking about the fact that Hillary Clinton has been endorsed by a war criminal?

Feb 29, 2016 / Greg Grandin

What the Academy Awards Tell Us About the Value of Black Work

What the Academy Awards Tell Us About the Value of Black Work What the Academy Awards Tell Us About the Value of Black Work

The Oscars aren’t just a competition for cultural value: They double as an assessment tool that helps pick the industry’s economic winners and losers.

Feb 26, 2016 / Michael J. Brewer

Jacqueline Susann

Jacqueline Susann’s Queer Feminism Jacqueline Susann’s Queer Feminism

How does Valley of the Dolls actually hold up as a read 50 years later?

Feb 26, 2016 / Tim Murphy

NYC first lady Chirlane McCray

Art and the Burdens of History Art and the Burdens of History

A panel hosted by Chirlane McCray represented both the trouble with and triumph of Black History Month.

Feb 26, 2016 / Antwaun Sargent

This Radical Librarian May Soon Run the World’s Largest Library

This Radical Librarian May Soon Run the World’s Largest Library This Radical Librarian May Soon Run the World’s Largest Library

Dr. Carla Hayden will be the first woman and African American to fill the post—unless Senate Republicans stand in her way.

Feb 25, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

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