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Democracies do not necessarily go out with a bang; they can also end with a whimper.
April 19, 2019
Sociologist Jeffrey Lane’s book The Digital Street looks at the ever-increasing scrutiny of teenagers’ social-media accounts in central Harlem.
April 16, 2019
A new one-volume history of Brazil reminds us, despite its Whiggish orientation, that democratic institutions in the country have existed only in troubled spurts.
April 15, 2019
How Peru’s greatest novelist went from socialist to neoliberal ideologue.
April 1, 2019
Her new novel, Lost Children Archive, spotlights the mistreatment of migrant children, and in the process, interrogates timely questions about storytelling during times of crisis.
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March 19, 2019
The literary giant’s unique resonance in our anti-capitalist moment.
March 15, 2019
The New York magazine writer confirms our worst fears about climate change–but insists there’s still hope.
March 6, 2019
The Library Book is more than a work of true crime; it is a study of Los Angeles and the burning ambition of the people who flock to it.
February 12, 2019
Pete Buttigieg’s father was a Gramsci scholar—but he taught his son more about ethics than revolution.
February 6, 2019
There is an inextricable link between border militarization and climate change.
