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Ryan Grim Goes Inside The Democrats’ Long Civil War
Like many leftists of his generation, Ryan Grim, 41, cut his teeth on street confrontations with the police during…
Vasily Grossman’s epic novel of the Battle of Stalingrad published in U.S. for first time.
Scorsese and Pacino Resurrect Jimmy Hoffa in ‘The Irishman’
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, his latest cinematic exploration of the world of organized crime, is perhaps one of the…
To the Limit with Outernational
‘Start a fuck’n band,’ the Clash’s Joe Strummer told Miles Solay. He did.
Bhaskar Sunkara and Astra Taylor Explore Socialism and Democracy in Two New Books
Only 10 years ago, the meanings of “democracy” and “socialism” seemed stable in the United States. The U.S. was…
A Parisian Present Intrudes on a Long Island Past in Mary Fleming’s ‘Art of Regret’
At the start of Mary Fleming’s insightful second novel, The Art of Regret, Paris resident Trevor McFarquhar is something…
‘Imprisoned’ Highlights Human Fallibility in the Criminal Justice System
Hollywood studios invest vast sums of money in the films they produce, and the stories they tell tend to…
Gazing Into the ‘Trick Mirror’ With Jia Tolentino
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion is a collection of essays that are all about — in some way or…
In Steven Greenhouse’s Latest, Workers are Down But Not Defeated
We live in a paradoxical time. On the one hand, workers and organized labor are in their worst state…
