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December 05, 2018
The NFL repeatedly mistakes itself for a nation state—a sort of parallel America.
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A Christmas Story
December 04, 2018
George H. W. Bush has been transformed into a symbol of bygone kindness and civility. It's a Christmas Miracle!
The Church of Labor
Contemplating coal's past and the importance of a unionized energy sector at the Durham Miners' Gala.
Death and Taxes
December 01, 2018
Forces within the GOP intentionally destroyed Bush, putting the far right in complete control of the party’s ideology.
Fresh Hell
November 30, 2018
Strong Man Make Gender Go Boom
Binge Me Baby, One More Time
November 30, 2018
The eating video queen of the internet is a new kind of late-capitalist pop star.
Yesterday’s News
November 29, 2018
An former Guardian editor lays out a vision of the global media crisis that is largely detached from actual politics.
Ways of Seeing the New South
November 27, 2018
The pictures in "New Southern Photography," with few exceptions, depict a segregated world.
Worked Over
November 27, 2018
In The Once and Future Worker, Oren Cass’s labor sympathies only extend so far.
Apex Predators and Elena Ferrante
Once Audrey and I had drifted uneasily to sleep, the bat emerged seemingly from nowhere and soared about the room . . .
Scary Clowns
November 21, 2018
The far right may be disorganized, but that doesn't mean we should ignore them.
Silicon Valley’s Chinese Dream
China’s rise as a tech powerhouse has dovetailed with Silicon Valley’s growing distrust toward democracy itself.