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Dr. Strangelove, lobbycard.

While the Planet Burns: Billionaires Are Busy Hunkering Down for the Apocalypse While the Planet Burns: Billionaires Are Busy Hunkering Down for the Apocalypse

In a world hurtling towards catastrophe, the super-rich prefer bunkers to solutions.

Jul 24, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Clarence Thomas Justice?

Clarence Thomas Justice? Clarence Thomas Justice?

A compromised Supreme Court.

Jul 24, 2023 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Row of flags, including US flag, outside United Nations building

Why the US “Rules-Based Order” Needs Rethinking Why the US “Rules-Based Order” Needs Rethinking

It’s high time for a more inclusive and imaginative political and economic order.

Jul 24, 2023 / Eli Clifton and Amir Handjani

How Jeffrey Epstein Captivated Harvard

How Jeffrey Epstein Captivated Harvard How Jeffrey Epstein Captivated Harvard

And how the university has yet to give a full accounting.

Jul 24, 2023 / Feature / Michael Massing

Sonny Rollins on the Williamsburg Bridge.

The Monumental Improvisations of Sonny Rollins The Monumental Improvisations of Sonny Rollins

Though his life had its ups and downs, Rollins never wavered in his determination to get things right, and often that meant reinventing himself and, along the way, jazz as well.

Jul 24, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour

Cillian Murphy in “Oppenheimer”

The Many Enigmas of Oppenheimer The Many Enigmas of Oppenheimer

In Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan neither indicts nor vindicates the physicist. Instead, he offers a study of a man full of contradictions.

Jul 21, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte

Yes, Labels!

Yes, Labels! Yes, Labels!

Kevin Boola.

Jul 21, 2023 / Steve Brodner

Why Trump 2.0 Would Be Much Worse

Why Trump 2.0 Would Be Much Worse Why Trump 2.0 Would Be Much Worse

The GOP wants to turn the president into an autocrat.

Jul 21, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Just Can’t Stop

Just Can’t Stop Just Can’t Stop

Exxon sing-along! 

Jul 21, 2023 / OppArt / Ben Hillman

black and white photo of j. robert oppenheimer testifying before the senate

Even as the Oppenheimer Film Rights a Historic Wrong, the Memo That Smeared Him Remains Redacted Even as the Oppenheimer Film Rights a Historic Wrong, the Memo That Smeared Him Remains Redacted

The physicist was punished for opposing development of the hydrogen bomb, and for warning about the dangers of nuclear proliferation.

Jul 21, 2023 / Peter Shinkle

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