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Back to SearchThere’s Been a Revolution in How China Is Governed
There are few stories that are more crucial to the world’s future than what’s happening in China. Take any of the most important issues of our time —…
3 years, 8 months ago
How Right-Wing Media Ate the Republican Party
In recent weeks, America got a preview of how the new Republican House majority would wield its power. In attempting to perform a basic function of g…
3 years, 8 months ago
A Revelatory Tour of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Forgotten Teachings
It’s hard to think of a more celebrated figure of the 20th century than Martin Luther King Jr.
He has a national memorial in Washington, D.C. His birt…
3 years, 8 months ago
A Guide to the ‘Legal Fictions’ That Create Wealth, Inequality and Economic Crises
“Capitalism, it turns out, is more than just the exchange of goods in a market economy,” Katharina Pistor writes. “It is a market economy in which so…
3 years, 8 months ago
Dan Savage on Polyamory, Chosen Family and Better Sex
Even if you don’t recognize the advice columnist Dan Savage by name, it’s possible that his ideas have influenced how you think about sex and relatio…
3 years, 9 months ago
A Skeptical Take on the A.I. Revolution
The year 2022 was jam-packed with advances in artificial intelligence, from the release of image generators like DALL-E 2 and text generators like Ci…
3 years, 9 months ago
Sabbath and the Art of Rest
Do we know how to truly rest? Who would we be if we did?
I’ve been wrestling with these questions since I read Abraham Joshua Heschel’s stunning book …
3 years, 9 months ago
Best Of: How America's Poet Laureate Sees Our World
“One of the biggest things about poetry is that it holds all of humanity,” the poet Ada Limón tells me. “It holds the huge and enormous and tumblin…
3 years, 9 months ago
Best Of: Want to Save Democracy? Run For Office.
This week, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes from the year. For those who make New Year’s resolutions, today’s conversation might plant …
3 years, 9 months ago
Best Of: Who Wins — and Who Loses — in the A.I. Revolution?
This past year, we’ve witnessed considerable progress in the development of artificial intelligence, from the release of the image generators like DA…
3 years, 9 months ago