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No Joe! [Letter from Washington] No Joe!
Joe Biden’s disastrous legislative legacy
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March 2019
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The Myth of White Genocide [Letter from South Africa] The Myth of White Genocide
An unfinished civil war inspires a global delusion
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Cedar Moon and Root Moon, resin works by Mayme Kratz, whose work is on view this week at Lisa Sette Gallery, in Phoenix.

Cedar Moon and Root Moon

Cedar Moon and Root Moon, resin works by Mayme Kratz, whose work is on view this week at Lisa Sette Gallery, in Phoenix.
Courtesy the artist and Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix
Sally Gall Julie Saul Migration

“Migration”

Migration, a photograph by Sally Gall, whose work is on view this week at Julie Saul Gallery, in New York City.
Courtesy the artist and Julie Saul Gallery, New York City
Leaving the Sun and Running Towards the Sun II

Leaving the Sun and Running Towards the Sun II

Leaving the SunandRunning Towards the Sun II,paintings byJohn Krner, whose work is on view this week at Victoria MiroGallery, in London.
Courtesy the artist and Victoria MiroGallery, London and Venice

Matériographie

Matriographie, a photograph made using a toned silver gelatin print with themordanageprocess, by Jean-Pierre Sudre, whose work is view this week in the group exhibition Abstraction at Gitterman Gallery, in New York City.
The Estate of Jean-Pierre Sudre. Courtesy Gitterman Gallery, New York City

“Rangers John and Steven Ukuqtunnuaq and Simon Tucktoo, King William Island”

Rangers John and Steven Ukuqtunnuaq and Simon Tucktoo, King William Island, a photographfrom the series Arctic Front by Philip Cheung, whose work is on view this week at Circuit Gallery, in Toronto.
In this series, Cheung documents the Canadian Rangers, a part-time military unit comprised largely of Indigenous volunteers. At a time when Canadas far north is rapidly warming because of climate change,there is increased international interest incontrol of the Northwest Passagesice-free shipping routes and the abundant natural resources in the region.

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[Findings] A biochemist in Texas discovered that the nutrient value of many common garden crops (mostly vegetables but also fruits such as melons and strawberries) has declined over the last fifty years as a result of modern agricultural practices.
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[Findings] A biologist found that the giant palm salamander, which possesses a tongue that can generate 18,000 watts of power per kilo of muscle, is nearly twice as strong as the Colorado river toad, hitherto the world’s strongest animal.
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