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Why Are Russian Women Opposed to #MeToo? Why Are Russian Women Opposed to #MeToo?

Anti-feminist discourse is part of the state media’s anti-Western narrative—Russians need to resist it and stand up for their rights.

Feb 23, 2018 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

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Russian Meddling Russian Meddling

Their cyber-warfare’s in the spotlight’s glare. The proof is there. Our government’s aware They mean to tear apart the trust we share That votes we cast are counted, fair and squar…

Feb 22, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Christa Wolf’s Life Under Surveillance

Christa Wolf’s Life Under Surveillance Christa Wolf’s Life Under Surveillance

In her diaries, the German novelist recorded a life of watching and being watched.

Feb 22, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld

In the Cuban Sphere

In the Cuban Sphere In the Cuban Sphere

Was Cuba under Castro a model for anti-imperialism in Latin America or a source of instability in the region?

Feb 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Iber

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The alt-R&B of Rhye The alt-R&B of Rhye

Despite all of the sex baked into Blood, the album is striking for the sense of solitude that lurks beneath its surface.

Feb 15, 2018 / Bijan Stephen

Projection Donald Trump Harrased 20 Women

Trump on Domestic Violence Trump on Domestic Violence

No empathy? That’s hardly fair to say About this early-morning tweeter. Though, true, he feels no beaten woman’s pain, He sympathizes with the beater.

Feb 15, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

ignore this…

Feb 15, 2018 / Matt Bors

Life Among the Bundists

Life Among the Bundists Life Among the Bundists

Through his family history, Mark Mazower maps the upheavals and dislocations of early 20th-century Europe and Russia.

Feb 15, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sheila Fitzpatrick

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Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible

The right-wing war on objective reality.

Feb 13, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

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Letters From the March 5, 2018, Issue Letters From the March 5, 2018, Issue

Hans and Franz economics… Fear and self-loathing… Millennials vs. boomers… Agree to disagree… Taxation and miseducation…

Feb 8, 2018 / Our Readers

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