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Cambridge Analytica Is Dead, Long Live Our Data
Were data crimes perpetrated against U.S. voters? We are about to know a lot more.
from “Soft Targets”
Don’t blame the wisteria for setting off a feeling like freedom a feeling like joy.
We watched the people walking in the open square—
one of them was a specialist in killing, fear was the way of others.
I’ve seen the most extraordinary thing about people, their faces.
Is Germany’s New Anti-Semitism Really New?
The focus on Muslim anti-Semitism obscures the real quandary of multiculturalism in Angela Merkel’s Germany.
Janelle Monáe for President
What Afrofuturism can teach us about surviving Trump
Mechanics of Action
From far away the child’s singing
sounds like the cries of a rat
in the mouth of a python.
Left Behind by Korea’s Success
Hwang Sok-yong’s novel Familiar Things sounds a warning about the pitfalls of Korean reunification.
The Forgotten Baldwin
His book about the Atlanta child murders speaks best to the era of Black Lives Matter.
The Slow and Fast Assault on Public Education
Striking teachers and student activists have a common enemy.
Athena Dreams of a Hollow Body
Once I learned of the existence of mothers, I decided to order one for myself.
Dispatch from the Land of Erasure (I)
Arab American poetry and the work of liberation.
Dispatch in Two Parts: The Arab Body Writes Itself In
Arab American poetry and the work of liberation.
We Don’t Need No Education?
A controversial new book highlights the dire straits of the U.S. education system, but offers misguided and irresponsible ideas for fixing it.
Masters and Servants
Neel Mukherjee is part of a new generation of Indian writers dissecting postcolonialism’s failed promise of a classless society.
Bloody Gina
Gina Haspel’s confirmation hearing is later this week. Here’s why we should all be concerned.
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