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There Will Be Paranoia
As long as there are dispossessed white people, there will be conspiracies.
Steve Weinberg
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The Second Coming of El Papa to Cuba
Pope Benedict XVI makes common cause with the Castro brothers.
Samuel Farber
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W.W.I: The War That Begat Another
The Lost History of 1914 shows how that year began to sow the seeds of Nazism.
Eve Ottenberg
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Lifting the Veil on Iranian Censors
With A Separation, Asghar Farhadi artfully subverts Iran's reactionary big-screen rules.
Michael Atkinson
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A Hipstamatic Moment
Kodak is bankrupt. But we still crave the instant nostalgia that was once the company's hallmark.
Chris Lehmann
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The Iron Lady’s Mad Shadow
Margaret Thatcher's gut instincts influenced the next generation of politicians, from Blair to Bush.
Jane Miller
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A Puritan’s Dilemma
Religion, politics and the agony of David Foster Wallace.
Theo Anderson
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When Less is More Political Engagement
The only good thing about our new age of austerity is how it inspires a new wave of activists.
Jane Miller
Culture
Required Viewing: 2011’s Top Political Films
From The Black Power Mixtape to Werner Herzog's Into the Abyss, here's what you need to watch now.
Michael Atkinson
Culture
Christopher Hitchens: A D.C. Requiem
The fawning homages triggered by the prolific polemicist's death missed the true tragedy of his later career.
Chris Lehmann
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ALEC’s Arizona Escort Service
Our intrepid reporter learns he is not welcome at an annual summit for business-friendly lawmakers.
Beau Hodai
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Unequal Rites
Peyote sacraments and the First Amendment.
Remy Maldigian
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What to Do About the Nanny?
Behind the female literati's neglect of its working-class sisters.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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Hollywood’s Fraud-Free Fantasies
On the big and small screens, the entertainment industry fails to explain why the U.S. economy collapsed.
Chris Lehmann
Culture
Guided by Our Grandchildren
It's hard not to be inspired by the youthful idealism at the center of the Occupy movement.
Jane Miller
Culture
Matana Roberts’ Genealogy of Jazz
The saxophonist delves into African-American history—from slavery to the present—in her twelve-part series Coin Coin.
Frances Morgan
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Siri and the High-Tech Gender Gap
The bad habits of the iPhone 4's voice are a reminder: America's tech developers are overwhelmingly male.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Culture
Our Mutual Enemy: Money
Like Dickens' cast of characters, we remain bewildered by money—and our lack of it.
Jane Miller
Culture
Introducing: Lady Loser Comedy
A new feminist genre gives women a chance to be crass, pathetic and hilarious.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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Au Revoir, Noblesse Oblige
The sense of duty America's ruling class once felt to support the greater good is gone.
Chris Lehmann
Culture
The Secrets, Lies and Elisions of J. Edgar
Clint Eastwood's biopic of the FBI Director inventively avoids the massive damage he inflicted.
Michael Atkinson
Culture
Gordon Quinn: Man With a Movie Camera
The veteran documentarian looks back over 45 years of filmmaking, and finds change to be the crucial constant.
David Moberg
Culture
Chronicles of Vonnegut
Two new books delve into the life and work of a man who couldn't silence his political conscience.
Steve Weinberg
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George Clooney: The Man From Yesterday
Ides of March isn't great, but at least its director and star actually cares about politics, history and memory.
Michael Atkinson
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