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Democracy’s Revenge

Democracy’s Revenge Democracy’s Revenge

What political scientists and policy journalists often miss about American politics.

Oct 19, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Shenk

Protest in Poland

The Kids Are Alright: A Legendary Feminist on Feminism’s Future The Kids Are Alright: A Legendary Feminist on Feminism’s Future

Ann Snitow on freedom, Ferrante, feminism abroad, and why none of us can go it alone.

Oct 18, 2016 / Sarah Leonard and Ann Snitow

Trump Rally

Donald Trump’s Apocalypse Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Donald Trump’s Apocalypse Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Whatever happens in November, the forecast is more stormy weather ahead.

Oct 13, 2016 / John Feffer

‘The Birth of a Nation’ Is an Epic Fail

‘The Birth of a Nation’ Is an Epic Fail ‘The Birth of a Nation’ Is an Epic Fail

From its depictions of black women to the representation of slavery itself, Nate Parker’s film is deeply flawed and historically inaccurate.

Oct 6, 2016 / Leslie M. Alexander

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Letters From the October 24, 2016, Issue Letters From the October 24, 2016, Issue

Not so Gurley after all… I beg your pardon!… Why the fuss over Russ?… Disruption roulette… Collective responsibility…

Oct 6, 2016 / Our Readers

Israeli President Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres and the Zionist Nightmare Shimon Peres and the Zionist Nightmare

The former Israeli president was the very tragic hero of a not-funny comedy.

Sep 28, 2016 / Amos Kenan

What Would Alexis de Tocqueville Have Made of the 2016 US Presidential Election?

What Would Alexis de Tocqueville Have Made of the 2016 US Presidential Election? What Would Alexis de Tocqueville Have Made of the 2016 US Presidential Election?

Feverish thoughts from a moment of “extreme peril.”

Sep 28, 2016 / Feature / Arthur Goldhammer

Fortress America

Fortress America Fortress America

How 20th-century liberals helped create our age of mass incarceration.

Sep 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Forman Jr.

The Black Panthers’ Overlooked Revolution

The Black Panthers’ Overlooked Revolution The Black Panthers’ Overlooked Revolution

Fifty years later, four women who helped build the party look back on the less-attention-grabbing part of its history.

Sep 22, 2016 / Feature / Yohuru Williams and Bryan Shih

The Get Down

Diamond-Dust Baroque Diamond-Dust Baroque

The Get Down, Baz Luhrman’s fairy-tale remix of the birth of hip hop, offers a glimpse of the beginning of the end of US power.

Sep 15, 2016 / Joshua Clover

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