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The Past Is a Foreign Agent
September 19, 2017
The maestro of spy fiction mourns our geopolitical malaise.
A Wonk on the Wild Side
Hillary Clinton's "What Happened" is less a campaign postmortem than a wonk’s lament.
Weekly Bafflements
September 15, 2017
Steve Bannon loves two things: racism and layering.
An Uneven Disaster
September 15, 2017
A Q&A with Ashley Dawson, author of "Extreme Cities."
Tragic Kingdom
HBO’s The Deuce traces exploitation in the porn industry back to 1970s Times Square—before its total Disneyfication.
Mark Lilla’s Comfort Zone
September 14, 2017
How liberal discourse flattens out the work of critical race analysis.
New Iconoclasms
The modern history of art is a history of its removal and destruction.
Tears of a Crazy Clown
September 12, 2017
Is “Twin Peaks: The Return” a masterpiece of thwarted nostalgia or a sentimental joyride?
You Are Not a Rebel
The new far right has recognized the enduring appeal of adventurism and appropriated its rhetoric for reactionary ends.
Verrit Choly and the Infinite Sadness
September 11, 2017
Peter Daou and fellow #StillWithHer Hillary supporters suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, and they are far from alone.
DACApocalypse Now
September 08, 2017
DACA was no DREAM. It was, at best, one of those restless afternoon naps one sometimes takes on a bad day hoping to wake up to something better.