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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
Culture
Christopher Hitchens’ Latest, Posthumous Essay Collection Stings Without a Point
Somewhere along the way, Hitchens lost a purpose for his contrarianism.
Mark Dunbar
Culture
2,054 Days of Solitary Confinement
A punishment that's cruel, but not unusual
Five Mualimm-Ak
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Scattering Karl’s Ashes
Learning to accept the inevitable
Jane Miller
Culture
The Lessons of Zapatista Women Activists for Today’s Social Movements
The role of indigenous women in the Zapatista movement is little known.
James Tracy
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Forget Techno-Optimism: We Can’t Innovate Our Way Out of Inequality
Hillary Clinton's former 'senior advisor for innovation' sees our Uber-ized future through rose-colored glasses
Chris Lehmann
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Tech Could Mean the End of Capitalism. But What Comes Next?
Paul Mason, ardent critic of neoliberalism, sees a new epoch ahead
Peter C. Grosvenor
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Watching Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Hateful Eight’ Is Three Hours of Self-Punishment and I Loved It
Tarantino gives us a hangman-based civilization, with specious “law and order” talk doing nothing to obscure the essential cruelty of his characters’ actions.
Eileen Jones
Culture
A New Documentary Explores the Anti-Apartheid Activists in South Africa You Never Learned About
A new film project explores a long-forgotten chapter in the global struggle against apartheid.
Peter Cole
Culture
You Probably Haven’t Seen the Ten Best Films of 2015
They're obscure, they're poorly distributed—but you can track them down. It will be worth it.
Michael Atkinson
Culture
Without Explosives or Lightsabers, ‘Sisters’ is a Quiet-er but No Less Feminist Film
In co-opting the party narrative for a feminist audience, Sisters does for comedies what the new Star Wars has done for action movies.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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Why Philanthropy Actually Hurts Rather Than Helps Some of the World’s Worst Problems
"Philanthrocapitalists" can't resolve the problems created by capitalism.
George Joseph
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