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by A.M. Gittlitz Cover image by Peter Henshaw. All other photos courtesy of the author. In the Pampas, the vast prairies of southern Latin America, there’s a tale that stretches back to colonial times: the legend of the luz mala, or the bad light. It appears just above the ground, in the hills, or in…
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Apparently, some people do not take kindly to an ostensible progressive letting her hair down with the primary enabler of America’s torture program. Can’t a wealthy liberal hang out with her war criminal friend in peace?
Read Moreby Hibah Shabkhez Born too late to be children of the spring Lost too early for the grave of the fall You fly. Grateful still that your abyss-bearing thing Is paltry, unbombed, unburnt, one-foot tall You lie. So crave fried eggs and gnaw at stalks beside Your feet guilt-chained to an exam-clock fate And…
Read MoreDuring the one-month run of our recent Kickstarter campaign, where many of our generous readers were kind enough to pitch in and help us create our second issue, we were confronted with some disturbing news. Kickstarter is ostensibly a “public benefit corporation,” and in the past it has prided itself on its adherence to ethical…
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by Abby Cartus There’s a quotation often attributed to Big Bill Haywood, co-founder of the Industrial Workers of the World: “I’ve never read Marx’s Capital, but I have the marks of capital all over me.” Usually considered to be a literal nod to Haywood’s long history of bruising encounters with the shock troops of capital—police…
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by Steven Monacelli
If philosopher Will Durant’s assertion that “we are what we repeatedly do” is true, then let’s face it: we are becoming increasingly machine-like through our near-constant interactions with technology.
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by Seth Garben
… Well, I was there when the spinning game was invented. Or perhaps it is more accurate to say, I was there when the spinning game came into being. For to imply that any one person at that fateful dinner party authored it, or even to assert that it was a “group effort”, would be misleading, would border even on the hubristic.
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Trust comes with daring to put the ethical obligations of mutual respect before politics. This is what being in good relations means. As a Cherokee, that is what matters to me. I cannot help but ask if Elizabeth Warren is actually demonstrating that she is in good relations with us.
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by Daniel Uncapher Cover image (The Atlantic/Getty): “Because of overcapacity at launch, over 10,000 bike-share service bicycles were abandoned at a bicycle graveyard on January 13, 2018 in Xiamen, Fujian, China.” All other photos by author, unless otherwise noted. Revelations in Personal Mobility at the Santa Monica Pier I came to California in November…
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On the floor in Atlanta, as DSA delegates passed back and forth in the halls and sat outside for a smoke or some fresh air, there was an undeniable display of humanity and solidarity.
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