The Wisconsin Idea

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Is The Racial Apology Possible?

Madonna's N-word Tweet, Ani DiFranco's plantation kerfuffle, and the limitations of 'sorry.'

Daisy Hernández

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL

Rachel K. Dooley

TransCanada Pipeline Explodes; What About Keystone XL?

Danayit Musse

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‘It is Roi who is dead’: Remembering Amiri Baraka (1934-2014)

The rousing, polarizing poet had many selves.

Andrew Epstein

‘Lives lived behind bars are too often invisible’: Pete Brook’s ‘Prison Photography’ on display

Matt Stroud

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Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 4: Stuck in Bates’ Feelings-Swamp

In the game of Downton Abbey, nobody wins as long as Bates is around.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

A Victory for the Rights of Texan Women (But Only If They Are Dead)

Lindsay Beyerstein

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What To Expect From New York’s Black Feminist First Lady

Can we embrace Chirlane McCray without smothering her?

Andrea Plaid

Dispatch

Grad Students Reunionize

NYU students win recognition through grassroots organizing.

Andrew Mortazavi