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Inside the Fake News Factory Inside the Fake News Factory

The “Enemy of the People” is at it again!

Jun 11, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

A Peek Into a Future When the Border Wall Is Built and the 1 Percent Get Away With More Than Just Murder

A Peek Into a Future When the Border Wall Is Built and the 1 Percent Get Away With More Than Just Murder A Peek Into a Future When the Border Wall Is Built and the 1 Percent Get Away With More Than Just Murder

Fernando A. Flores’s debut novel, Tears of the Trufflepig, is unlike any border story you’ve read before.

Jun 10, 2019 / Joshua Rivera

Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers Is Still the Best President We Never Had Bill Moyers Is Still the Best President We Never Had

Many years ago, Molly Ivins tried to get a fellow Texan to make an unlikely bid for the White House.

Jun 5, 2019 / John Nichols

In Elvia Wilk’s ‘Oval,’ Berlin Is Where the Late Capitalist Apocalypse Finally Happens

In Elvia Wilk’s ‘Oval,’ Berlin Is Where the Late Capitalist Apocalypse Finally Happens In Elvia Wilk’s ‘Oval,’ Berlin Is Where the Late Capitalist Apocalypse Finally Happens

Her debut novel is a cutting satire of a future in which corporate doublespeak, art-world pedants, and climate change threaten to undo the German capital. 

Jun 4, 2019 / Alex Ronan

White House Stonewall

White House Stonewall White House Stonewall

Subpoenas harass us. We throw them away. More witch hunt! We cannot abide it. We’ve said all along we’ve got nothing to hide, And that’s why we’re trying to hide it.

Jun 4, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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Robert Mueller, American Sphinx Robert Mueller, American Sphinx

Insufficient evidence is not evidence of insufficiency...or something.

Jun 4, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Navigating Freedom With Cass Sunstein

Navigating Freedom With Cass Sunstein Navigating Freedom With Cass Sunstein

When nudges won’t set you free.

Jun 3, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Tony Horwitz

Remembering Tony Horwitz, Intrepid Traveler and Chronicler of the South Remembering Tony Horwitz, Intrepid Traveler and Chronicler of the South

A kindred spirit to Frederick Law Olmsted, Horwitz heard antebellum echoes everywhere.

May 31, 2019 / Jamie Stiehm

Barry Lopez and the Innocence of Boomer Travel Writing

Barry Lopez and the Innocence of Boomer Travel Writing Barry Lopez and the Innocence of Boomer Travel Writing

For readers of younger generations, Lopez’s memoir of traversing the most storied locales on Earth is a chronicle of the ultimate luxury.   

May 30, 2019 / Rachel Riederer

Imani Perry

Imani Perry’s Liberation Feminism Imani Perry’s Liberation Feminism

The African-American studies professor sits down with The Nation to discuss books, Beyoncé, and the radical potential of the academy.

May 29, 2019 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini

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