Debouchment
There was the plantation boss, she remembered. A very decent man, really, even if it’s true there was a killing connected to him. It seems he had done it, she remembered, that was the connection. . . .
A short story.
Spring 2025
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Kill Your Idols
Sonic Youth’s DIY ethic couldn’t sustain itself in the face of a corporate world eager to market youthful anger like any other commodity. But Kim Gordon’s remarkable new book shows that no matter how institutionalized it became, punk offered a radical way of seeing the world.
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The Triumph of Corruption
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The Eco-Optimists
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China’s Dream Parks
Since 1989, thousands of theme parks have been built across China, in an uncanny reflection of the country’s economic liberalization.
The Calling
If being an academic today is a profession, it’s one that is, for the vast majority, almost bereft of professionalism’s worldly benefits.
Women and Islamic Militancy
Is it possible that ISIS appeals to some Muslim women not because they are fooled by it, but because its political vision seems to offer solutions to some of their problems?
Followed by a debate.
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Why did the nation-state model win out, when the alternatives were supposedly so compelling?
The People’s Flag is Palest Pink
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Seattle’s Left Coast Formula
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