Culture

The Best Police Money Can Buy

In the Fox series APB, police misconduct doesn't exist, and privatization and technology can fix any problem.

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Orwell’s Defeats

A new book of letters offers a glimpse at the man behind the reputation.

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The Legacy of Anarchy Comics

A new volume revisits the series that breathed new life into the genre.

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‘Two Wasted Years’: Orwell at the BBC

Some at the BBC fear commemorating George Orwell because he was 'too left-wing.' They probably shouldn't bother anyway.

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Black Classics Reborn, Graphically

Artists draw African-American literature, from Du Bois to Hurston, in a new Graphics Classics volume.

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Exclusion Zones

Policing public space—with deadly results—in Portland, Ore.

Culture

Wedding Bells & Jail Cells

The gay rights movement must be about more than the fight for marriage equality.

Culture

Palestine Revisited

A brilliant new book redraws Gazan history.

Culture

Good Grief

Opaque prose aside, Judith Butler's new book asks crucial questions about how we tolerate state-sanctioned death.

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Counterinsurgency 101

General Petraeus says he thinks the war in Iraq is winnable. His recent manual suggests otherwise.

Dispatch

Undercover Cover-Up

Was a Portland attorney the target of the NSA domestic spying program?

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Torturers R’ Us

President Bush denies reality