Comedian Robert Yasumura in our May/June 2021 issue
Books, Arts and Culture
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What’s Missing In Between Shifts
Gabriel Winant’s book de-emphasizes manufacturing and highlights care workers. But it neglects the forces of power that keep all workers down.
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Stealing Ur Website
Innovations in journalistic pilferage at the Financial Times
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Minority Rule
Given the Republican ferocity in trying to destroy basic rights, the road back to democracy is not civic but political.
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Wrestling With the New Deal
The programs Roosevelt put together may not have met a Platonic ideal of modern progress, but they saved American democracy itself.
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Builder and Breaker
Eli Broad put his stamp on Los Angeles culture—and his foot down on its public schools.
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Cicely Tyson: A Shining Titan of Black Excellence
In an exceptional memoir, one of the greatest actresses in American film deconstructs her craft and bears witness to history.
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How Labor Saved a Paper Mill From the Scrap Heap
Wisconsin county official and U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson writes a fascinating book about revitalizing manufacturing in a small town.
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Non-Fungible Future
The revolt of the elites against art seemed already complete. Where do NFTs fit in?
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Reconceiving the American Future
A new book argues that the vision of the United States as a ‘majority-minority’ society is a statistical illusion.
