Nicholas Enrich’s new memoir details the human toll of the agency’s dismantling.
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How Israel Got This Way
A new book by a genocide scholar traces the roots of the nation’s descent.
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We Need a Pulitzer for Substacks
These individual newsletters are a whole new genre. At their best, they have breathed new life into journalism and public discourse.
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What, Exactly, Is a Fair Wage?
Arindrajit Dube brilliantly dissects how wages really are set—but overlooks the particular hurdles that care workers face.
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Vertical Vertigo
Brian Callaci’s book describes the deregulatory strategies franchisors use to protect their profits.
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The Legacy of the Subway Vigilante
Two new books reveal how a 1980s shooting reflected rising right-wing attitudes in a rapidly gentrifying New York.
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Capital Ideas
Two books on the history of capitalism provide lessons for how to tame it.
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Shows What Real Heroism Looks Like
It isn’t shooting the bad guy. It’s sacrificing to save your alien rock pal.
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Sundance Is Over. Long Live Sundance.
Will there be life after Utah (and Robert Redford) for America’s biggest film festival?
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Bad Bunny Bowl
Fresh off Grammy glory, Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny is set to perform on America’s biggest stage. It’s shaping up to be Puerto Rico’s moon-landing moment.