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Set in 18th-century France, Céline Sciamma’s new film Portrait of a Lady on Fire finds a new way to chronicle a queer romance.
Dec 5, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
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The online magazine of the “intellectual dark web” is repackaging discredited race science.
Dec 5, 2019 / Donna Minkowitz
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Dec 5, 2019 / Arnold Isaacs
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Constitutional scholars tell the House Judiciary Committee that obstructing the impeachment inquiry is totally impeachable.
Dec 4, 2019 / John Nichols
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Our endless wars are taking countless innocent lives and destroying the planet itself.
Dec 4, 2019 / William Astore
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The California senator suspends her presidential campaign, as Bloomberg buys his way in.
Dec 4, 2019 / John Nichols
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Karen Tei Yamashita’s recently republished epic novel is a reminder of fiction’s ability to both transmit and embody transformational ideas.
Dec 4, 2019 / Lucas Iberico Lozada
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Since the 1980s, Democratic candidates have proven that they can win elections while losing whites without a college degree by a significant margin.
Dec 4, 2019 / Joshua Holland
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With Chris Collins out of office on insider trading charges, Democrats are hoping to turn one of America’s reddest districts blue in an upcoming special election.
Dec 4, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz