Scholar Samuel Moyn and journalist Spencer Ackerman consider the inherent contradictions of the endless war on terrorism.
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Hollywood’s Uprising of Activism
While conventional wisdom suggests that the arts have been depoliticized relative to the 1960s, there’s been a surge of celebrity engagement since the Trump years.
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The Implications of Scarlett Johansson’s Marvel Lawsuit
It’s actually a story about Hollywood labor compensation, and the growing power of streaming services.
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Altercation: Race, Vietnam, and the New Left in Mid-Century
George Scialabba discusses the limits of Louis Menand’s new tome on America in the Cold War era.
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Nothing to See Here
Comedian Robert Yasumura in our May/June 2021 issue
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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.