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The Supreme Court’s War on Equality

The Supreme Court’s War on Equality The Supreme Court’s War on Equality

In Supreme Inequality, Adam Cohen offers a damning indictment of Supreme Court  jurisprudence, reminding us of just how political the country's highest court is. 

Oct 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Randall Kennedy

American History Is Getting Whitewashed, Again

American History Is Getting Whitewashed, Again American History Is Getting Whitewashed, Again

As demands for racial justice grow, Trump is pushing historical mythmaking into high gear.

Oct 2, 2020 / Column / Kali Holloway

Sufjan Stevens’s Lullabies for the Apocalypse

Sufjan Stevens’s Lullabies for the Apocalypse Sufjan Stevens’s Lullabies for the Apocalypse

His new album’s gentle pessimism about our state of affairs makes for a weirdly soothing musical experience.

Oct 1, 2020 / Bijan Stephen

How Kendrick Lamar Became the Voice of a Generation

How Kendrick Lamar Became the Voice of a Generation How Kendrick Lamar Became the Voice of a Generation

A conversation with Marcus J. Moore about his cultural biography of Lamar and the L.A. rapper’s impact on Black America.

Sep 30, 2020 / Q&A / Ann-Derrick Gaillot

Re-Education Camp

Re-Education Camp Re-Education Camp

Trump proposes white-washing American history.

Sep 29, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Should the United States Stay United?

Should the United States Stay United? Should the United States Stay United?

A conversation with Richard Kreitner about rethinking the history and the meaning of secession.

Sep 29, 2020 / Q&A / Jessica Suriano

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

How to Brazenly, Publicly, Out-in-the-Openly Steal an Election How to Brazenly, Publicly, Out-in-the-Openly Steal an Election

Trump smash democratic norms!

Sep 29, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Pier Paolo Pasolini in front of a biblical scene during the filming of La Ricotta, 1962.

Behind the Myth of Pier Paolo Pasolini Behind the Myth of Pier Paolo Pasolini

On the artistic afterlife of the Italian filmmaker, poet, novelist, and polemicist.

Sep 28, 2020 / Barry Schwabsky

Hiroshima

How a News Report on Hiroshima Helped Prevent Nuclear War How a News Report on Hiroshima Helped Prevent Nuclear War

In 1946, a New Yorker report following six survivors of the Hiroshima atomic blast forced an entire country to look in the mirror.

Sep 28, 2020 / Nick Turse

He Taught Gorbachev

He Taught Gorbachev He Taught Gorbachev

Stephen Cohen was an active participant in the democratic changes in Russia, and he will always be remembered as such.

Sep 25, 2020 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

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