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Introducing America’s Orange Monster: The Unbelievable Trump Introducing America’s Orange Monster: The Unbelievable Trump

Trump want smash!

Apr 3, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

Clarice Lispector’s Lifelong Project

Clarice Lispector’s Lifelong Project Clarice Lispector’s Lifelong Project

At the core of Clarice Lispector’s works is the tension between language’s profound potential and its inability to reach the vital realm of the unspeakable.

Mar 30, 2018 / Nathan Goldman

Flirtations With Anarchy

Flirtations With Anarchy Flirtations With Anarchy

Two new films take different approaches to Joseph Stalin and Karl Marx, two major figures of modern political history.

Mar 30, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Privacy Breakthrough

Privacy Breakthrough Privacy Breakthrough

ignore this…

Mar 29, 2018 / Jen Sorensen

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Letters From the April 23, 2018, Issue Letters From the April 23, 2018, Issue

Enlighten us!… The renewable solution… Let them feel our fear…

Mar 29, 2018 / Our Readers

What to Do About the Police?

What to Do About the Police? What to Do About the Police?

Two new books examine the austerity policies and administrative overreach behind the expansion of local law enforcement.

Mar 29, 2018 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim

A map showing the US empire in 1898

The Left’s Embrace of Empire The Left’s Embrace of Empire

The history of the left in the United States is a history of betrayal.

Mar 28, 2018 / Lyle Jeremy Rubin

Coming to Terms With Ezra Pound’s Politics

Coming to Terms With Ezra Pound’s Politics Coming to Terms With Ezra Pound’s Politics

What is the relationship between Pound’s fascism and his poetry?

Mar 28, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Evan Kindley

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Trump’s Brain Is the Black Hole of the Universe Trump’s Brain Is the Black Hole of the Universe

We are all trapped in a dense, Trump-centered vortex.

Mar 27, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

A Recognizable Dystopia

A Recognizable Dystopia A Recognizable Dystopia

Leni Zumas’s Red Clocks suggests a different method for fashioning a dystopian novel.

Mar 23, 2018 / Mike Mariani

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