A discussion with documentary filmmaker Julia Reichert, whose work chronicles labor, women, and the American left, and who won an Oscar this year for ‘American Factory’
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Death in Venice and America
Reflections on the fragility of culture in a time of pandemic
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Democratic Socialism—American Style
Prospect editors discuss the new edited volume ‘We Own the Future.’
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Targets of the Groyper Army
‘Literal Nazis are crashing our events now?!’
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How the Supreme Court Contributed to Growing Inequality
Two new histories show how the egalitarian advances under Earl Warren were reversed.
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Q&A: Former TAP Writing Fellow Publishes Book
Vox founder Ezra Klein’s ‘Why We’re Polarized’ analyzes the social and cultural forces that have split us apart, and where we go from here.
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(Un)forgivable
Why do some offenders get a fresh start while others receive harsh, one-size-fits-all sentencing?
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What Did Hoffa Want?
Martin Scorsese’s new movie and a Harvard professor’s new book provide a picture, but only partial explanations, of the Teamster leader’s ultimately suicidal rage.
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Can We Fix the College Inequality Problem?
Two new books focus on the struggles of low-income students not just to get into college but to get through it.
