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Germaine Greer speaks at the Melbourne Writers Festival.

Feminism Needs More Thinkers Who Aren’t Right 100 Percent of the Time Feminism Needs More Thinkers Who Aren’t Right 100 Percent of the Time

Feminists like Germaine Greer should be valued for what they get right, rather than banned for what they get wrong.

Nov 5, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Hillary Clinton rallies with union organizers outside a Trump hotel on October 12, 2015. Credit: John Locher / AP

This Time in Nevada, Hillary’s All In This Time in Nevada, Hillary’s All In

In 2008, Clinton took the state and its powerful unions for granted. She’s not making that mistake again.

Nov 5, 2015 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

Larissa MacFarquhar.

The Beauty and the Costs of Extreme Altruism The Beauty and the Costs of Extreme Altruism

What if you were so troubled by suffering and inequality that you changed your life entirely?

Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Clarice Lispector at home in Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s.

Not the Word, but the Thing Itself Not the Word, but the Thing Itself

With each successive work, Clarice Lispector polished her prose until it shimmered with a taut irregularity.

Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ava Kofman

She’s Leaving Home

She’s Leaving Home She’s Leaving Home

In Crimson Peak and Brooklyn, women have to find the world in order to find their place in it.

Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

A demonstrator offers a flower to military police at a Vietnam War demonstration at the Pentagon in 1967.

Politics, Principle, and Risk Politics, Principle, and Risk

For political theorist Philip Green, taking sides has always meant taking action.

Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Sara Rathod

Puzzle No. 3380

Puzzle No. 3380 Puzzle No. 3380

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Endorsement of a program to introduce pests? (12)  9 Callas beginning to master a vocal solo (5) 10 Get pain from b…

Nov 5, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

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Nov 5, 2015 / Matt Bors

November 5, 1912: Woodrow Wilson Is Elected President

November 5, 1912: Woodrow Wilson Is Elected President November 5, 1912: Woodrow Wilson Is Elected President

“It is not an hour for foolish elation. No man perceives this more clearly than Woodrow Wilson.”

Nov 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Think It’s Hard Finding a Place to Live? Try Doing So With a Criminal Record

Think It’s Hard Finding a Place to Live? Try Doing So With a Criminal Record Think It’s Hard Finding a Place to Live? Try Doing So With a Criminal Record

President Obama has taken a modest but essential step towards undoing some of the discriminatory housing policies that have made it difficult for returning citizens to rejoin their...

Nov 4, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

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