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The “Faces” of Black Conservatism Tell Us Everything—About the GOP

The “Faces” of Black Conservatism Tell Us Everything—About the GOP The “Faces” of Black Conservatism Tell Us Everything—About the GOP

Republicans’ embrace of Kanye West and Herschel Walker says more about how the GOP thinks about Black people than it does about Black conservatism in America.

Dec 28, 2022 / Column / Elie Mystal

Rachel Aviv’s Report From Psychiatry’s Gray Zones

Rachel Aviv’s Report From Psychiatry’s Gray Zones Rachel Aviv’s Report From Psychiatry’s Gray Zones

Her debut, Strangers to Ourselves, asks: Who shapes the story of someone's illness?

Dec 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano

Jerzy Skolimowski’s Wild and Kinetic EO

Jerzy Skolimowski’s Wild and Kinetic EO Jerzy Skolimowski’s Wild and Kinetic EO

If Au Hasard Balthazar is austere and precise, EO is excessive and elusive.

Dec 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman

What I Learned From the Darkest Corners of the Internet

What I Learned From the Darkest Corners of the Internet What I Learned From the Darkest Corners of the Internet

There’s no path out of our strange, increasingly conspiratorial moment, filled with viral lies and rampant disinformation, without rewriting the algorithms governing our lives.

Dec 27, 2022 / Andy Kroll

In 2010, Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout is extradited from Thailand to the U.S. to face terrorism charges.

Brittney Griner Faced Brutal Conditions in Jail—but So Did Viktor Bout Brittney Griner Faced Brutal Conditions in Jail—but So Did Viktor Bout

Amid all the reporting on the Griner-Bout prison swap, almost no one thought to cover what Bout experienced during his 12 years of US imprisonment.

Dec 27, 2022 / Aviva Stahl and Jeanne Theoharis

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Letters From the January 9/16, 2023, Issue Letters From the January 9/16, 2023, Issue

Here we go again… Unintended consequences… An American daughter… Dangerous policies…

Dec 27, 2022 / Our Readers

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Exit Trump? Exit Trump?

Some Washington types say that Trump’s here for good; He’ll handle those setbacks just fine. But some say they’re certain that soon he may go, And not with a bang but a whine.

Dec 27, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin

How the West Failed Bosnia

How the West Failed Bosnia How the West Failed Bosnia

The Dayton Accords and privatization have kept Bosnia and Herzegovina in a tragic limbo.

Dec 27, 2022 / Feature / Carol Schaeffer

Sex Workers Have Been Banned From Airbnb for Years. Will You Be Next?

Sex Workers Have Been Banned From Airbnb for Years. Will You Be Next? Sex Workers Have Been Banned From Airbnb for Years. Will You Be Next?

Using surveillance technology, platforms have found new ways to continue targeting marginalized groups.

Dec 26, 2022 / Olivia Snow

Resisting Gun Violence

Resisting Gun Violence Resisting Gun Violence

Women at the forefront.

Dec 26, 2022 / OppArt / Christy Arbogast

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