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That It Might Save, or Drown Them

That It Might Save, or Drown Them That It Might Save, or Drown Them

I have seen how the earth erodes differently from the way that trust does. Likewise, I know what it means, to come to love all over again the very mistakes I also know, looking bac…

Feb 2, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Carl Phillips

This Is Not a Comic

This Is Not a Comic This Is Not a Comic

Who are you going to believe?

Feb 2, 2017 / Peter Kuper

Blue Wash on Linen Canvas, Believed Unfinished

Blue Wash on Linen Canvas, Believed Unfinished Blue Wash on Linen Canvas, Believed Unfinished

And he woke again like a thief undetected, invisible therefore, and therefore free. The bronze horse’s hoof stood raised for apparently ever about to trample beneath it the cross o…

Feb 2, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Carl Phillips

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Letters From the February 20, 2017, Issue Letters From the February 20, 2017, Issue

Cold war, hot takes… Peace as realpolitik… High note
… The gratitude cure…

Feb 2, 2017 / Our Readers

Puzzle No. 3421

Puzzle No. 3421 Puzzle No. 3421

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Bit of embroidery, awfully close to rococo, is found in cushion now and again (5,2,5)  9 Break purer tint in pieces…

Feb 2, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

US Senator Keith Ellison at Labor Rally

Why We Support Keith Ellison for DNC Chair Why We Support Keith Ellison for DNC Chair

He will address the party’s—and the nation’s—crisis by aligning Democrats more closely with movements for social and economic justice.

Feb 2, 2017 / The Nation

Adam Thirlwell on the Many Moods of Henry Green

Adam Thirlwell on the Many Moods of Henry Green Adam Thirlwell on the Many Moods of Henry Green

For the English novelist, life itself was a deadly business.

Feb 2, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Adam Thirlwell

Super Bowl protest

Resistance at Super Bowl LI Resistance at Super Bowl LI

Houston is lined up against Donald Trump because Houston is known as “Heart City” for a reason.

Feb 2, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Leaked Draft of Trump’s Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination

Leaked Draft of Trump’s Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination Leaked Draft of Trump’s Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination

If signed, the order would create wholesale exemptions for people and organizations who claim religious objections to same-sex marriage, premarital sex, abortion, and trans identit...

Feb 1, 2017 / Sarah Posner

Lisa Murkowski capitol hill

How Alaskan Activists Got a Key Republican Senator to Oppose Betsy DeVos How Alaskan Activists Got a Key Republican Senator to Oppose Betsy DeVos

Unions and education activists urged Lisa Murkowski to oppose Trump’s education pick. On Tuesday, in a testament to the power of grassroots resistance, Murkowski switched.

Feb 1, 2017 / John Nichols

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