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Intimate Obscenity

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Gray Area

Politics

Nate Silver’s Data Narratives

Data can give a sense of scale to political debate.

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Microreview: Emily Pettit, Goat in the Snow

A radiant debut.

Science

Eco-Puritans

The urban left’s eco-puritanism takes many forms. 

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Excavation

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Lunar/Lunario

Politics

Can Vladimir Putin Upend Democracy in Europe?

In the face of Putin’s rejection of democracy, Europe’s democrats must underscore the importance of the EU’s norms: social justice, sustainability, diplomacy, diversity, and freedom of movement.

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Children of the Flood

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Two Poems

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Trance Notebook #18

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Future Doors

An Interview with Wayne Koestenbaum

Class & Inequality

Thinking Inequality

Americans want action on inequality in a notably American way.

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from SIGINT

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Still Life with Antlers

Class & Inequality Law

California’s Prisons Fail the Mentally Ill (But They Can Change)

Philosophy Politics

Daniel Dennett and Steven Pinker: Can We Become a More Peaceful Species?

A recording of their debate at the Unlearning Violence conference.

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A Hearing

Gender & Sexuality Philosophy

The Possibility of Self-Sacrifice

When is public death meaningful? A case study of political suicide.

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Claiming Language

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A Woman and Her Job

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Three Poems

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Nearly Baroque

Nearly Baroque poets want art that puts excess, invention, and ornament first.

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