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White Women Prospered on the Brutality of the Slave Economy

White Women Prospered on the Brutality of the Slave Economy White Women Prospered on the Brutality of the Slave Economy

Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers’s new book is a definitive account of how deeply invested white women were in slavery in the South.

Feb 26, 2019 / Lynne Feeley

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Trump’s Time-Travel Adventure Trump’s Time-Travel Adventure

One man’s incompetence is another man’s principled discipline.

Feb 26, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

PHOTOS: How to Destroy an American Landmark

PHOTOS: How to Destroy an American Landmark PHOTOS: How to Destroy an American Landmark

The slow death of Detroit’s famous Packard Automotive Plant.

Feb 25, 2019 / Photo Essay / Camilo José Vergara

Capitalism Is Responsible for Your Depressing Office Building

Capitalism Is Responsible for Your Depressing Office Building Capitalism Is Responsible for Your Depressing Office Building

Over a century ago, John Ruskin predicted how ugly and inhuman industrialized capitalism would become.

Feb 25, 2019 / Chris Gelardi

A Punk-Rock Path to Inner Peace

A Punk-Rock Path to Inner Peace A Punk-Rock Path to Inner Peace

Buzzcocks’ first two seminal albums, recently reissued, offer something besides anarchy.

Feb 22, 2019 / Joe Bucciero

The Claustrophobic World of Anna Burns’s ‘Milkman’

The Claustrophobic World of Anna Burns’s ‘Milkman’ The Claustrophobic World of Anna Burns’s ‘Milkman’

Her Man Booker–winning novel offers a haunting look at daily life during The Troubles.

Feb 21, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

Grey Wolf, Grizzly Bear, White-Tailed Deer

Grey Wolf, Grizzly Bear, White-Tailed Deer Grey Wolf, Grizzly Bear, White-Tailed Deer

What I took to be desert bighorns running straight up the ridge making a sound like breaking plates didn’t turn out to be either of those things, & what I took to be fog shopli…

Feb 21, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jenny Browne

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Letters From the March 11-28, 2019, Issue Letters From the March 11-28, 2019, Issue

Laughing Through the Pain Thank you for the good laugh you gave me with the title of John Nichols’s article, “Trump at Two” [Feb. 11/18]. I had to pause to ask myself whether the p…

Feb 21, 2019 / Our Readers

Puzzle No. 3490

Puzzle No. 3490 Puzzle No. 3490

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. Each Across clue leads to two different words that are anagrams of each other; the wordplay is for one, and the definition is…

Feb 21, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Tana French’s Crime-Fiction Masterpiece

Tana French’s Crime-Fiction Masterpiece Tana French’s Crime-Fiction Masterpiece

The Witch Elm is a triumph of the genre.

Feb 21, 2019 / Books & the Arts / J. Robert Lennon

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