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The novelist offers an elegant answer to the question, “What is it to be human?”
Why the painter’s late work veers from the sloppy to the sublime.
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Public defenders know that the trouble with our justice system extends far beyond abusive policing
Here’s why the “War on Terror” is not your battle.
And why are progressives so easily seduced by words?
If not, we must stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership before it does more damage to our country.
Americans living abroad are burdened with a difficult task: explaining a country that doesn't make much sense.
Carbon companies have a new strategy: focus on the positive.
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has a long way to go, but recent endorsements show it’s getting somewhere.
In their quest to wipe out extra-legal racial violence, white liberals created a system that continues to kill black people—legally.
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