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The Worlds of Edward Said

The Worlds of Edward Said The Worlds of Edward Said

An exile who made the world his home, Said infused his literary style with a cosmopolitan ease and his political commitments with a cosmopolitan ethics.

May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rashid Khalidi

One Damn Thing After Another

One Damn Thing After Another One Damn Thing After Another

The long roots of liberal democracy’s crisis.

May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jan-Werner Müller

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Letters From the May 4/11, 2020, Issue Letters From the May 4/11, 2020, Issue

The Truth About Lies Susie Linfield warns us against “telling lies” [Letters, April 6], then proceeds to demonstrate her commitment to exactly that by claiming, falsely, that I hav…

Apr 21, 2020 / Noam Chomsky and Our Readers

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

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Apr 21, 2020 / Peter Kuper

Pop Music Has Always Been Queer

Pop Music Has Always Been Queer Pop Music Has Always Been Queer

Sasha Geffen’s debut book reveals that the history of pop music is a history of gender rebellion.

Apr 8, 2020 / Q&A / Tal Milovina

This Was Never Just About Woody Allen. It Still Isn’t.

This Was Never Just About Woody Allen. It Still Isn’t. This Was Never Just About Woody Allen. It Still Isn’t.

Against the vice cop of the mind.

Mar 27, 2020 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Since Emancipation, the United States Has Refused to Make Reparations for Slavery

Since Emancipation, the United States Has Refused to Make Reparations for Slavery Since Emancipation, the United States Has Refused to Make Reparations for Slavery

But in 1862, the federal government doled out the 2020 equivalent of $23 million—not to the formerly enslaved but to their white enslavers.

Mar 23, 2020 / Feature / Kali Holloway

A Tale of Two Plagues

A Tale of Two Plagues A Tale of Two Plagues

Tips on self-isolation from Daniel Defoe and Giovanni Boccaccio

Mar 20, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Long Roots of Corporate Irresponsibility

The Long Roots of Corporate Irresponsibility The Long Roots of Corporate Irresponsibility

Nicholas Lemann’s history of 20th century corporations, Transaction Man, shows how an unrelenting faith in the market and profit doomed the American economy.

Mar 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein

The Protests That Made and Unmade Japan’s Postwar Left

The Protests That Made and Unmade Japan’s Postwar Left The Protests That Made and Unmade Japan’s Postwar Left

The demonstrations against the Anpo treaty remain the largest protest movement in Japanese history and yet their defeat cleared the path for decades of conservative rule.

Mar 3, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Colin Jones

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