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A French Take on John Wayne

When a French family tries to hold on to the past, it doesn't end well.

Michael Atkinson

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Requiem for an American Dream

Between fiction and reality in rural Louisiana.

Michael Atkinson

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The View From Today’s Versailles

A new book by Michelle Fields, former Breitbart reporter, rightly skewers our political class—but suffers from a case of hypocrisy

Chris Lehmann

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The Case Against Using the GDP as a Measure of Economic Health

The GDP has always been a bitterly contested yardstick, explains Ehsan Masood in a new history.

Chris Lehmann

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The Ship Breakers

Working the maritime graveyard shift

Peter Wieben

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Cuts for the Poor, Tax Havens for the Rich

The Panama Papers expose the hypocrisy of England's oligarchs.

Jane Miller

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Jane Austen, Class Warrior

Most Austen adaptations are little more than 'buttoned-up, tea-drinking porn.' But Whit Stillman's new film 'Love & Friendship' foregrounds Austen's sharp observations on social mobility.

Eileen Jones

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Even a Time Finance Columnist Is Now Questioning American Capitalism

Rana Foroohar's "Makers and Takers" breaks down crisis-prone U.S. economy

Chris Lehmann

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In Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, A Refugees-Eye View of a France We Rarely See

Three Sri Lankan strangers must pretend to be a family in a strange land

Michael Atkinson

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When the Steel Mill Gets Replaced by a GOP Megadonor’s Casino

A new book analyzes the demise of Bethlehem Steel and the rise of a casino in post-industrial Pennsylvania.

Catherine Tumber

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Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New Comic Book ‘Black Panther #1’ Is ‘Black as Hell’

Comic book readers, writers and artists of color have long been excluded from the comic book world. That appears to be changing.

Darryl Holliday

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Prime Minister David Cameron Is Right; the U.K. Should Stay in the EU

But its half-hearted participation must go.

Jane Miller

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Two Upcoming Fims Not Coming to a Theater Near You

'Francofonia' and 'Cemetery of Splendour' are worth tracking down

Michael Atkinson

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How Not To Write About Gun Culture

Iain Overton's book on gun culture completely misfires

Chris Lehmann

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Terry Jones’ ‘Boom Bust Boom’ and the Greedy Monkey Theory of Economic Collapse

In a new doc, Monty Python's Jones illustrates capitalism's tendency toward disaster

Eileen Jones

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The Feminist Utopia Project Isn’t Utopian Just Yet

What's missing? Age diversity and an economic analysis.

Yasmin Nair

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Since the 43 Students Went Missing, 130 Bodies Have Been Found Outside Iguala, Mexico

The students' bodies haven't been found, except for one bone fragment. But rural Mexicans are seeking answers in a larger epidemic of disappearances—and unearthing graves.

Chantal Flores

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Óscar Martínez’s New Book Vividly Demonstrates Why People Are Fleeing Central America

In 'a History of Violence,' the reporter and award-winning author of 'The Beast' looks at endemic drug violence

Ilan Stavans

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After Decades of Bigotry and Antipolitics, the GOP Got What It Deserves in Donald Trump

With Trump, the GOP is reaping what it sowed over the last seven years. But there's no time for schadenfreude: Trump is now everyone's problem.

Chris Lehmann

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Why Donald Trump Sends a Chill Through My Muslim-American Body

Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric is even more dangerous than it seems

Saqib Bhatti

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The Bittersweetness of Tidying Up

Getting rid of old baggage, political as well as material

Jane Miller

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‘London Has Fallen’ and the 9/11-ization of Entertainment

The sequel to 'Olympus Has Fallen' shows our ever-more-extravagant taste for destruction

Michael Atkinson

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The Limits of New Dealism and Why We Need a New Progressive Theory of Political Economy

Historian Jefferson Cowie argues that the New Deal may have been a freak occurrence

Rich Yeselson

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In Bed with the Surveillance State: Laura Poitras’ Intimate New Whitney Show

The filmographer best known for Citizenfour reveals the inside workings of our post-9/11 world

Liz Pelly