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Molly and the Unicorn
Emily Flake reflects on the shifting nature of magic and power in middle age.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Assessing the Media’s Role in ‘What Happened’
In profiling Hillary Clinton, David Remnick considers the many factors that contributed to her surprising loss in the 2016 election — including the press.
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Under Trump, A Hard Test for Howard University
For The New Yorker, historian and journalist Jelani Cobb dives deep into the history of Washington D.C.’s Howard University, one of the nation’s largest HBCU’s. Howard alumni include Thurgood Marshall, Kamala Harris, and Toni Morrison, and the school has played a large role in facilitating the social mobility of blacks in America since the Civil War. Cobb […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
Civilization Was Supposed to Make Our Lives Better, Right?
Cultivating crops led to permanent settlements, but also greed and exploitation. Was it all worth it?
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How Do You Make a TV Show Set in the West Bank?
What the thriller “Fauda” reveals about what Israelis will watch—and what they won’t.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
‘You Wouldn’t Think the Ashes of a Man Would Be So Heavy’: Remembering Sam Shepard
Remembering the late actor and playwright Sam Shepard.
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The Teens Trapped Between a Gang and the Law
More than 200,000 children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras came to the U.S. unaccompanied between 2014 and 2016. Allowed to enter the country while awaiting deportation proceedings or asylum decisions, many settled with relatives in parts of Suffolk County, Long Island. For The New Yorker, Jonathan Blitzer writes of the precarious course the children must […]
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The Urban Crisis of Affluence
An investment property is not a home. Neither are cities where most people can’t afford to live.
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I Believe Her: A Reading List
Eight pieces about women fighting to be seen and heard.
