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The American Press Is Under Threat as Never Before The American Press Is Under Threat as Never Before

A supplicant media will be no match for the compulsive liar in the White House.

Jan 5, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

It’s the World Committing Suicide Said One Mom

It’s the World Committing Suicide Said One Mom It’s the World Committing Suicide Said One Mom

No it’s murder, said another. I think people don’t care because it’s only animals dying, said Miriam. a life spent making marks was what she had been doing she wondered if this…

Jan 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Zucker

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Letters From the January 30, 2017, Issue Letters From the January 30, 2017, Issue

The kids are all right… A people’s party?… Acting, yes, locally…
A college education… Popularity contest(ed)…

Jan 5, 2017 / Our Readers

I Can Barely Stand To

I Can Barely Stand To I Can Barely Stand To

today at the Louvre I took students to see Venus de Milo with her pert exquisite breasts & read them Emma Lazarus’ poem to grief-struck Heinrich Heine we talked ekphrastic thi…

Jan 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Zucker

Puzzle No. 3419

Puzzle No. 3419 Puzzle No. 3419

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Nut captures Long Island bird (7)  5 Like some architecture degrees involving a certain rental, mostly (7)  9 Prosp…

Jan 5, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Harvey Cox’s Radicalism

Harvey Cox’s Radicalism Harvey Cox’s Radicalism

How the theologian and social critic reminds us of the radical possibilities and egalitarian hopes of a Christian left.

Jan 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Bruenig

Birth of an Imperial Nation

Birth of an Imperial Nation Birth of an Imperial Nation

A new history of 19th-century America captures how the United States was always an empire.

Jan 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Gabriel Winant

Can New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Be the Anti-Trump?

Can New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Be the Anti-Trump? Can New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Be the Anti-Trump?

To succeed he’ll have to overcome controversy and the limits of his office.

Jan 5, 2017 / Feature / Jarrett Murphy

The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Peace Movement

The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Peace Movement The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Peace Movement

An eloquent call to reclaim our history and honor those who resisted the war, from a key architect of the opposition.

Jan 5, 2017 / Feature / Tom Hayden

Paul Ryan House

Just 18 Percent of Americans Approve of the Congress Paul Ryan Leads Just 18 Percent of Americans Approve of the Congress Paul Ryan Leads

But Republicans are sticking with him.

Jan 4, 2017 / John Nichols

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