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When Bill de Blasio won the New York City mayoral election with 73 percent of the vote, I couldn’t help but wonder whether it was the start of something big. For more…

Dissolve Congress

by Jean-Philippe Immarigeon,

A cure for constitutional crisis

The Oa

by Colin McAdam,

On the pleasures and perils of whisky

Bad Romance

by Jesse Barron,

One genre and a billion happy endings

The Lost Yearling

by Lauren Groff,

An American classic fades away

The Pious Spy

by Mujib Mashal,

A Taliban intelligence chief’s death and resurrection

The Digital Revolution That Wasn’t

by Jeff Madrick,

For as long as there have been machines, there have been worries about their power to destroy jobs. The Luddites — early-nineteenth-century artisans who bitterly resisted the new textile machinery…

Wild Ones

by Charlotte Dumas,

Charlotte Dumas traveled to western Nevada in the winter and spring of 2013 to photograph wild horses in the foothills of Dayton, Stagecoach, and Silver Springs, and others at Northern…

You Rang?

by John P. Davidson,

Mastering the art of serving the rich

Secretary of Nothing

by Andrew Cockburn,

John Kerry and the myth of foreign policy

Damage Control

by Ben Lerner,

The modern art world’s tyranny of price

Look at Me

by Edwidge Danticat,

Photographs from Africa past and present

The Real Lost Generation

by Jeff Madrick,

In late August, I traveled with colleagues from the Roosevelt Institute in New York to New Orleans, where we had invited a panel of community organizers to join us in…

Loving Las Vegas

by Colson Whitehead,

What the prudes get wrong about Sin City

Jump Juan Crow

by Duncan Murrell,

A Southern family struggles to avoid deportation

Showing a Little Leg

by Dan Keane,

A pilgrimage to Ellen Altfest’s body paintings

In his classic book On Liberty, the nineteenth-century British philosopher John Stuart Mill urged that man strive to become “a progressive being.” Mill defined progressivism as the cultivation of individuality;…

The Man Who Saves You from Yourself

by Nathaniel Rich,

Going undercover with a cult infiltrator

Killing Deer

by Jean Halley,

A hard death on the high road

Dirty South

by Ken Silverstein, Samuel James,

The foul legacy of Louisiana oil

Problem Number One

by Jeff Madrick,

This spring, Newark mayor Cory Booker, then considering a run for U.S. Senate, came to my office along with members of his staff to discuss national economic issues. We spent…

Changing Partners

by Peter Oborne, David Morrison,

Can Hassan Rohani end the Iranian impasse?

Sirocco

by Michael Christopher Brown,

Features

Nothing Left

What Is Literature?

Sochi’s Troubled Neighbor

Portrait of a Township

Tunnel Vision

A God More Powerful Than I

Change in the Air

Dissolve Congress

Down to the Felt

The Oa

Bad Romance

The Lost Yearling

The Pious Spy

The Digital Revolution That Wasn’t

Wild Ones

You Rang?

Secretary of Nothing

Damage Control

Look at Me

The Real Lost Generation

Loving Las Vegas

Jump Juan Crow

Showing a Little Leg

The Future Progressive

The Man Who Saves You from Yourself

Killing Deer

Dirty South

Problem Number One

Changing Partners

Sirocco

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Nothing Left

What Is Literature?

Sochi’s Troubled Neighbor

Portrait of a Township

Tunnel Vision

A God More Powerful Than I

Change in the Air

Dissolve Congress

Down to the Felt

The Oa

Bad Romance

The Lost Yearling

The Pious Spy

The Digital Revolution That Wasn’t

Wild Ones

You Rang?

Secretary of Nothing

Damage Control

Look at Me

The Real Lost Generation

Loving Las Vegas

Jump Juan Crow

Showing a Little Leg

The Future Progressive

The Man Who Saves You from Yourself

Killing Deer

Dirty South

Problem Number One

Changing Partners

Sirocco

March 2014

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