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Review: In ‘Suffs,’ the Thrill of the Vote and How She Got It
Shaina Taub’s new Broadway musical about Alice Paul and the fight for women’s suffrage is smart and noble and a…
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The Dusty Magnets of the Milky Way
Every new generation of eyes sees a new version of our galaxy, the Milky Way. This Impressionistic swirl of color…
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How Joe Biden Lost His Way in Gaza
During the Darfur genocide and humanitarian crisis two decades ago, then-Senator Joe Biden passionately denounced then-President George W. Bush for…
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Here’s Something Southern Republican Governors Are Afraid Of
Last year, the United Auto Workers announced an ambitious plan to organize workers and unionize foreign-owned auto plants in the…
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A Stunning Visual Celebration of Black Rodeo
In several frames of the artist Arthur Jafa’s seminal 2016 video collage of Black America, “Love Is the Message, the…
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Spooks, Sleuths and the Nazi Origins of the War on Drugs
In the years after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement brought an end to decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland,…
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Lord Byron Was Hard to Pin Down. That’s What Made Him Great.
This week is the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron’s death. The most famous poet of his age (an odd phrase…
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8 Hits of the Venice Biennale
They used to call this waterlogged city the Most Serene Republic, but there is nothing serenissima about the opening days…
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Books Bound in Human Skin: An Ethical Quandary at the Library
Harvard’s recent decision to remove the binding of a notorious volume in its library has thrown fresh light on a…
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