Private Edward Gorey

The cult artist and author proves an evasive subject for biography, a fact that would surely have delighted him. | Continue reading


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The Private Edward Gorey

The cult artist and author proves an evasive subject for biography, a fact that would surely have delighted him. | Continue reading


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What Statistics Can't Tell Us in the Fight Over Affirmative Action at Harvard

A group seeking to ban affirmative action has sued Harvard for discriminating against Asian Americans. But the core issues won't be resolved by statistics alone. | Continue reading


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No Collision

In the face of climate apocalypse, the rich have been devising escape plans. What happens when they opt out of democratic preparation for emergencies? | Continue reading


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“Women deserve wages for housework”- an interview with feminist Silvia Federici

Silvia Federici interviewed by Jill Richards. | Continue reading


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What Can Blind People Tell Us About Race?

Blind people are constantly socialized to pay attention to race and its significance. | Continue reading


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What Happened to Kanye West?

Kanye represents what happens when the liberties of artistic genius are confused for political insight. | Continue reading


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Amazon’s Empire

Our best writers take on the retail giant | Continue reading


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The Missing Malcolm X

Our understanding of Malcolm X is inextricably linked to his autobiography, but newly discovered materials force us to reexamine his legacy. | Continue reading


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The Racist Politics of the English Language

How we went from “racist” to “racially tinged.” | Continue reading


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Neoliberalism: Planned Economy for Property Owners

In the neoliberal project, state power is needed to enforce market relations. But because democratic politics can demand broader economic planning, the site of that power must be hidden from politics. | Continue reading


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Chronicling the Last Days of Old New York

In his acerbic and often hilarious Village Voice column, Gary Indiana documented a cultural world being lost to AIDS and corporate greed. | Continue reading


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Philip K. Dick and the Fake Humans

We live in Philip K. Dick’s future, not George Orwell’s or Aldous Huxley’s. | Continue reading


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All Reproduction Is Assisted

Feminism needs better reproductive strategies. | Continue reading


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Brazil's Donald Trump

Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro is within an inch of the presidency. His popularity suggests Brazilian politics might never be the same. | Continue reading


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Programming My Child

Through the experience of parenting his daughter, a software developer came to see Google and Facebook as the first digital children. | Continue reading


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How Slavery Inspired Modern Business Management

By “dangling the carrot” to improve worker productivity, businesses are taking a page from slavery’s playbook. | Continue reading


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Elon Musk’s Fall from Grace

The public has paid for Musk’s vision. So why is the green economy still not here? | Continue reading


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The Defeat of Reason

From quantum physics to the anti-rationalism of Thomas Kuhn. | Continue reading


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