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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Prince Harry’s Employment Prospects in Canada (Worst-Case Scenario) Prince Harry’s Employment Prospects in Canada (Worst-Case Scenario)

The prince has trouble finding work. Although without a pause he’s hunted, He hasn’t seen an ad that says, “Experienced ribbon cutter wanted.”…

Jan 28, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Does Liberalism Have Its Roots in the Illiberal Upheavals of the English Reformation?

Does Liberalism Have Its Roots in the Illiberal Upheavals of the English Reformation? Does Liberalism Have Its Roots in the Illiberal Upheavals of the English Reformation?

A recent book argues that liberalism has an “unexpected debt” to evangelical religion.

Jan 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Keith Thomas

Martha Nussbaum Thinks the So-Called Retreat of Liberalism Is an Academic Fad

Martha Nussbaum Thinks the So-Called Retreat of Liberalism Is an Academic Fad Martha Nussbaum Thinks the So-Called Retreat of Liberalism Is an Academic Fad

We talked to the philosopher about her recent book The Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Noble but Flawed Ideal and her thoughts on contemporary global politics.

Jan 22, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Demonize the Eco-Wise

Demonize the Eco-Wise Demonize the Eco-Wise

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Jan 21, 2020 / Jen Sorensen

Trump’s Threats to the Iranians

Trump’s Threats to the Iranians Trump’s Threats to the Iranians

He said we would target their cultural sites. The next day, he had much less surety. Still, thinking of what might be culture to him, They’re beefing up golf course security.

Jan 21, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide

Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide

Martin Luther King Jr. saw something essential about our nation: Imperial expansion west over stolen Indian land shaped and deepened the American Revolution’s relationship to slave...

Jan 20, 2020 / Greg Grandin

Lauren Wilkinson’s Novel of Race, Empire, and Espionage

Lauren Wilkinson’s Novel of Race, Empire, and Espionage Lauren Wilkinson’s Novel of Race, Empire, and Espionage

American Spy examines the intersections between spycraft and living in America as a black person.

Jan 20, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

The Debauched, Sometimes Sublime Essays of D.H. Lawrence

The Debauched, Sometimes Sublime Essays of D.H. Lawrence The Debauched, Sometimes Sublime Essays of D.H. Lawrence

His nonfiction writing, filled with terrible politics and startling prose, inspires awe and loathing.  

Jan 16, 2020 / Zachary Fine

H.T. Tsiang, the Flâneur of Socialist Fiction

H.T. Tsiang, the Flâneur of Socialist Fiction H.T. Tsiang, the Flâneur of Socialist Fiction

In the Chinese writer’s novels we are given a portrait of a New York City for the rich and the poor, the immigrant and the native-born, the newly homeless and the seasoned itineran...

Jan 15, 2020 / Nawal Arjini

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

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Jan 14, 2020 / Peter Kuper

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