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Current Issue, No. 35
Disinformation vs. democracy
How the post-racial revolution became a whitewash
Relaxation as Fitbit app
Latest
“Coal is king.” Or was. Coal is on the ropes right now.
After years of half-baked official narrative, TV presents the crack epidemic’s origin story—and it’s a fairy tale.
Fiction
My father called to tell me that my sister was going off the rails at college.
For the past decade or so, I have been obsessed with news stories about cruise ships, in particular the idea of minor disasters at. . .
There is no word in English for the circle
left on a table from a cold glass,
or for the difference in flavor
between fresh. . .
After the snakebite, I tried to make noises
With the clouds in my throat, the dissolving
Snow of my. . .
Word Factory
So you're depressed, poor, and male? Stop blathering about privilege and look for help.
For the Trumps, English is a second language you learn only after learning to lie first.
Latest
“Coal is king.” Or was. Coal is on the ropes right now.
After years of half-baked official narrative, TV presents the crack epidemic’s origin story—and it’s a fairy tale.
Fiction
My father called to tell me that my sister was going off the rails at college.
For the past decade or so, I have been obsessed with news stories about cruise ships, in particular the idea of minor disasters at. . .
There is no word in English for the circle
left on a table from a cold glass,
or for the difference in flavor
between fresh. . .
After the snakebite, I tried to make noises
With the clouds in my throat, the dissolving
Snow of my. . .
Word Factory
So you're depressed, poor, and male? Stop blathering about privilege and look for help.
For the Trumps, English is a second language you learn only after learning to lie first.
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