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Cornel West

Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat

If he wants to go beyond preaching to the converted, he needs to take his socialist politics into the Democratic primaries.

Jul 6, 2023 / D.D. Guttenplan and Bhaskar Sunkara

Anti–affirmative action activists with the Asian American Coalition for Education protest outside the US Supreme Court Building on June 29, 2023.

Asian American Conservatives Have Become Key Allies of White Supremacy Asian American Conservatives Have Become Key Allies of White Supremacy

As the death of affirmative action showed, Asian American conservatives are active, militant co-conspirators with white conservatives.

Jul 6, 2023 / Promise Li

Orizaba, Veracruz State, Mexico.

A Dark Tour Through Fernanda Melchor’s Veracruz A Dark Tour Through Fernanda Melchor’s Veracruz

Before she was a novelist, she covered crime and human interest for Mexican magazines. A collection of her nonfiction, This Is Not Miami,shows the building blocks of her fiction.&n...

Jul 6, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Laura Adamczyk

Remembering Marvin Kitman

Remembering Marvin Kitman Remembering Marvin Kitman

He ran for president of the United States in 1964—as the candidate of Monocle magazine. 

Jul 5, 2023 / Richard Lingeman

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits

Robert Kennedy Jr. Is a Flawed Heretic Robert Kennedy Jr. Is a Flawed Heretic

But on security and Ukraine, he’s making more sense than the crackpot establishment.

Jul 5, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Busing Migrant Family Seeking Asylum

Busing Migrant Family Seeking Asylum Busing Migrant Family Seeking Asylum

US-Mexico border, 2023.

Jul 5, 2023 / OppArt / Laurie Smith

A scene from “Asteroid City.”

Is “Asteroid City” Wes Anderson’s Greatest Film? Is “Asteroid City” Wes Anderson’s Greatest Film?

In his latest film, Anderson asks us how art and storytelling give our lives meaning.

Jul 5, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte

A protester holds a sign reading, “BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO FASCISTS IN PHILADELPHIA.”

Moms for Liberty Came to Philly. Philly Came for Them. Moms for Liberty Came to Philly. Philly Came for Them.

This city is welcoming to just about everyone—except hateful fascist bigots, as the Moms for Liberty found out.

Jul 5, 2023 / Kim Kelly

Mario Vargas Llosa, London, 1986.

The Miseducation of Mario Vargas Llosa The Miseducation of Mario Vargas Llosa

A recent collection, The Call of the Tribe, explains why the Peruvian writer rejected the left and embraced the thinking of Friedrich Hayek and his ilk.

Jul 5, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jack Hanson

Writers’ Strike

Writers’ Strike Writers’ Strike

Sermon on the mount.

Jul 4, 2023 / OppArt / Paul Karasik

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