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July 1-8, 2019, Issue
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Feature
The bizarre odyssey of the “great replacement” theorist shows that kitsch can kill.
Last fall, voters overwhelmingly passed a referendum giving the vote back to felons who complete their sentences. Now the legislature is trying to block it.
Since 1917, the US government has used the Espionage Act to restrict freedom of speech, to imprison activists and whistle-blowers, and to dismantle progressive organizations.
Editorial
Another reader asks about his “so-called” Christian sister.
He’s trolling for votes in Florida at the expense of our constitutional rights and economic support for the Cuban people.
The candidate’s years as an anti-busing crusader cannot be forgotten—or readily forgiven.
“We didn’t ask to have the responsibility of protecting human civilization on our shoulders. But we’re stepping up to the plate.”
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Column
Why should we listen to zillionaires who want to abandon ship?
As aspiring autocrats, Trump and Bibi are strikingly alike.
Books & the Arts
In both his life and his writing, the novelist and journalist captured the complications and contradictions of the Soviet century.
In his new book, the New Yorker writer sets out to defend liberalism from its critics, but only ends up revealing its current limitations.
The Afro-Latina Harlem rapper’s brash music slides seamlessly between languages, cultures, and the boundaries of genre.
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Letters
Devil in the details… Furry logic… Debunking junk science…