Arindrajit Dube brilliantly dissects how wages really are set—but overlooks the particular hurdles that care workers face.
Books, Culture & the Arts
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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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‘A Foreclosing of Options’: Racial Health Inequality in Washington, D.C.
Princeton’s Sanyu Mojola examines the public-health issues confronting America’s capital city.
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Left Anchor: One Battle After Another
What does Paul Thomas Anderson think about fighting oppression?
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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.
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Lula’s Investment in Anti-Fascist Brazilian Films Wins Big at Golden Globes
The Secret Agent won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film and Best Actor, increasing Americans’ understanding of Brazilian cinema and history.
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Bari Weiss Is the Propagandist Donald Trump Deserves
The would-be dictator would get a much better class of censor if his regime didn’t hoist the biggest morons in the country into leadership positions.
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A Talent for Comedy and Liberal Politics
Rob Reiner was a mainstream liberal, devoted to expanding social rights and benefits to people arbitrarily denied them.