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Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman celebrates his victory

Schumer Drops Senatorial Dress Code Schumer Drops Senatorial Dress Code

Oct 3, 2023 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Iman Mersal’s Lost Cairo

Iman Mersal’s Lost Cairo Iman Mersal’s Lost Cairo

In Threshold, the poet revisits a city that transformed her and a generation of radical artists and intellectuals. 

Oct 3, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Amir-Hussein Radjy

What Can We Learn From the History of Utopianism?

What Can We Learn From the History of Utopianism? What Can We Learn From the History of Utopianism?

Books & the Arts / October 3, 2023 The Good Life What can we learn from the history of utopianism? What Can We Learn From the History of Utopianism? In Everyday Utopias, Kr…

Oct 3, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Emily Raboteau

The Ghosts of Lorrie Moore

The Ghosts of Lorrie Moore The Ghosts of Lorrie Moore

An enigmatic new novel retells a disorienting story about death, love, the Civil War, and everything in-between. 

Oct 3, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Erin Somers

University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia Wednesday, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The War Against Palestinians on Campus Keeps Getting More Absurd The War Against Palestinians on Campus Keeps Getting More Absurd

It’s become so predictable: Palestinians try to gather at a university and all hell breaks loose.

Oct 3, 2023 / Saree Makdisi

New York City Record Rainfall Floods

New York City’s Climate Change Whiplash New York City’s Climate Change Whiplash

NYC had the wettest day on record since 1948 just months after smoke from the Canadian wildfires blanketed the sky. The lesson is clear: The US must take meaningful climate action...

Oct 3, 2023 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Kevin McCarthy speaking to two reporters in the Capitol.

The Perils of My Kevin The Perils of My Kevin

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy averted a government shutdown with massive help from Democrats. Will he save his job the same way?

Oct 2, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Florida Representative Matt Gaetz exits a GOP caucus meeting about the federal budget.

What’s at Stake in the MAGA Shutdown Threats What’s at Stake in the MAGA Shutdown Threats

The immediate specter of a shutdown has abated, but the GOP’s appetite for destruction remains intact.

Oct 2, 2023 / Max B. Sawicky

Donald Trump speaks at a political rally while campaigning for the GOP nomination in the 2024 election at Erie Insurance Arena in Pennsylvania.

A Modest but Serious Proposal for How to Save the GOP From Trump A Modest but Serious Proposal for How to Save the GOP From Trump

The push to dump the Electoral College is often framed as a Democratic concern, but it might actually help the Republican Party more.

Oct 2, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Fighting Censorship

Fighting Censorship Fighting Censorship

Freedom of Speech at stake in Tunisia. Cartoonist Tawfiq-Omrane was arrested (and released) after publishing cartoons that allegedly mocked the Prime Minister. More info here.

Oct 2, 2023 / OppArt / Tawfiq Omrane

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