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Matt and Sam discuss the passing of Pope Francis, what his papacy meant, why he scandalized the Catholic right, and why his ...

Trump has destroyed a federal system of labor relations that helped contain conflict for decades. The move could have unintended consequences. Joseph A. McCartin ▪ April 1, 2025 Federal workers ...

With over 150 million copies sold, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-selling prose narratives of the twentieth century and remains beloved by fans across the globe. The ...

This article is one in a series of arguments on U.S. history in our summer issue. Barack Obama sought the middle of the road. “It is incontrovertible that race relations have improved significantly in ...

The Chinese government has rebuffed bold consumption stimulus policy. But boosting domestic household spending is precisely what the country needs to achieve healthy growth. Ho-fung Hung ▪ ...

At a teeming intersection of Shenzhen’s Dongmen shopping street, between KFC and McDonald’s, Liu Zhongqiu, twenty-one, sits on a white fold-up chair that looks as if it is about to break and clasps ...

Zed Books, 2012, 224 pp. The financial crisis of 2007–2008 inspired a shallow but significant revival of Marxist analysis in academic life. A violent upsurge in theory, however, has corresponded to no ...

Tenant organizers demand that housing be more than just a bare roof over your head, and in doing so they make space for a full life. Sarah Jaffe ▪ Winter 2025 A group of tenants celebrates a ...

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We should be ashamed that there are so many in food lines across the country. Unless dramatic action is taken, the lines are about to get much longer. Mark Levinson ▪ Winter 2021 (Spencer Platt ...

How to govern military technology—which potential weapons should have priority in development, what should be the “mix” of weapons in the military arsenal—and how to relate military strategy to ...