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Natalie Wynn Wants to Redistribute the Goddamn Champagne

Natalie Wynn Wants to Redistribute the Goddamn Champagne Natalie Wynn Wants to Redistribute the Goddamn Champagne

The lavish pleasures of the YouTube star stand out against the dour solemnity of the left.

Feb 22, 2021 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

Elena Ferrante’s Class Dramas

Elena Ferrante’s Class Dramas Elena Ferrante’s Class Dramas

Her latest novel, The Lying Life of Adults, mines the contradictions of class identity.

Feb 22, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

Ephemera

Ephemera Ephemera

Each morning I sit in silence, time slides, changes in my heart, a moss covered cavern where its fire wakes me to a camaraderie of light, my wife waking upstairs to walk to her win…

Feb 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Afaa M. Weaver

The Communist Designer, the Fascist Furniture Dealer, and the Politics of Design

The Communist Designer, the Fascist Furniture Dealer, and the Politics of Design The Communist Designer, the Fascist Furniture Dealer, and the Politics of Design

A tale of two bookcases.

Feb 20, 2021 / Feature / Glenn Adamson

High school students call for anti-gun laws as they protest and rally in Washington Square Park, Friday April 20, 2018 in New York.

My Selective High School Looks Nothing Like America My Selective High School Looks Nothing Like America

As the nation addresses systemic racism in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, it’s time to ask: Who is being represented in selective high schools?

Feb 19, 2021 / StudentNation / Aruna Das

Climate Change Protest

The US Returns to the Paris Agreement Today—With Lots of Work Ahead for the World The US Returns to the Paris Agreement Today—With Lots of Work Ahead for the World

Slashing emissions at home is only part of the challenge—the United States must also help other countries go green.

Feb 19, 2021 / Tom Athanasiou

Common Vulnerabilities

Common Vulnerabilities Common Vulnerabilities

False positives. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of  February 15.

Feb 19, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Ronald and Nancy Reagan and Margaret Thatcher

How Can We Revive Herd Immunity to Fascism? How Can We Revive Herd Immunity to Fascism?

There is a clear correlation between the neoliberal onslaught that started in the 1980s and the rise of neofascism and religious fundamentalism.

Feb 19, 2021 / Gilbert Achcar

Senator Ted Cruz

Canuck Cruz Cuts and Runs to Cancún Canuck Cruz Cuts and Runs to Cancún

By fleeing his state during an emergency, the Texas senator betrayed the solidarity that holds society together. A decent man would resign. Instead, Cruz just keeps lying.

Feb 19, 2021 / Jeet Heer

President Donald Trump

Calls to Disqualify Trump Using the 14th Amendment Grow Louder Calls to Disqualify Trump Using the 14th Amendment Grow Louder

The amendment outlines how insurrectionists and those who give “aid or comfort” to sedition can be disqualified.

Feb 19, 2021 / John Nichols

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