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Four Standouts From the New York Film Festival

Four Standouts From the New York Film Festival Four Standouts From the New York Film Festival

I Am Not Your Negro, Moonlight, 13th, and I Called Him Morgan.

Oct 18, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

An Interview With the Most Hated Man on the Internet

An Interview With the Most Hated Man on the Internet An Interview With the Most Hated Man on the Internet

Milo Yiannopoulos explains the alt-right, why Donald Trump is a cultural candidate, and why he thinks America should be great again.

Oct 16, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

The Arrest of Journalists and Filmmakers Covering the Dakota Pipeline Is a Threat to Democracy—and the Planet

The Arrest of Journalists and Filmmakers Covering the Dakota Pipeline Is a Threat to Democracy—and the Planet The Arrest of Journalists and Filmmakers Covering the Dakota Pipeline Is a Threat to Democracy—and the Planet

Deia Schlosberg, Amy Goodman, and Shailene Woodley are among those who have been arrested while covering demonstrations against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Oct 14, 2016 / Josh Fox

The Post-Election Lives of Trump’s Surrogates

The Post-Election Lives of Trump’s Surrogates The Post-Election Lives of Trump’s Surrogates

A few suggestions and predictions for Rudy Giuliani, Chris Christie, and the others.

Oct 14, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan

Bob Dylan, Nobel Laureate in Ashtray-Binding

Bob Dylan, Nobel Laureate in Ashtray-Binding Bob Dylan, Nobel Laureate in Ashtray-Binding

The poetry in Dylan’s music has always been something different from the language on the page that we associate with poets.

Oct 13, 2016 / David Hajdu

Trump Rally

Donald Trump’s Apocalypse Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Donald Trump’s Apocalypse Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Whatever happens in November, the forecast is more stormy weather ahead.

Oct 13, 2016 / John Feffer

Donald Trump Thumbs

Hot-Mic Tape Brings Late-Inning Defections Hot-Mic Tape Brings Late-Inning Defections

The tape set some Republican Endorsers to revising Their stand on Trump, as if it showed Them anything surprising. When boy to boy, The Donald brags Of women he’d “seduced,” Surpri…

Oct 13, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Puzzle No. 3411

Puzzle No. 3411 Puzzle No. 3411

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Feathers going the other way (4)  3 Political cartoonist admitting pointer to Canada’s leader is not disseminated v…

Oct 13, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Letters Icon

Letters From the October 31, 2016, Issue Letters From the October 31, 2016, Issue

Hello, goodbye…
 Bern on, Bern out…
 With or without her…
 Media malfeasance…
 Pragmatism trumps purity…
 Uberteachers
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Oct 13, 2016 / Our Readers

Populism’s Two Paths

Populism’s Two Paths Populism’s Two Paths

Throughout the North Atlantic, insurgencies on the left and the right are challenging mainstream politics. The question is: Which popular movement—the left’s or the right’s—will pr...

Oct 13, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Jedediah Britton-Purdy

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