'Why the Descent Into Autocracy Is Already Happening — Faster Than Americans Think"

"During the tense peace of the Cold War, Edgewood housed bizarre and cruel experiments, some justified by thin intelligence or flimsy allegations of conspiracy."

"NO ONE WOULD DENY THAT THE INTERNET has altered the tenor, the feel, the style of public life. The web contains much of the record of that life, and in turn directs how that life is conducted."

[https://flip.it/WOttrG](https://flip.it/WOttrG) >"Villa Albertine, a comprehensive cultural platform organized by the French Embassy in the US, encompasses a custom residency program, events, grants, an online media hub, a forthcoming physical mag…"

>"The artist on consumerism and what he would buy if he won the lottery."

"Yes I do want to view them and immediately. Try waiting for days or weeks, calling and waiting for call backs from the Dr or talking to their staff and having them say they have results but can't tell you... Which is really frightening. "

"Despite their great-power rivalry, America and China are more similar than most people think. Both are living through a Gilded Age and struggling to end excesses of capitalism."

>"For decades, America gave China a vision of future prosperity. But today, America has mostly ceased to offer a model for China or anywhere else, leaving China’s leaders without a guide as they chart a course into a future filled with _...Read More_

"To live in America today is to sit slackjawed at a helpless recline."

>"Jamil Jan Kochai’s story collection reveals the surreal farce of the War on Terror."

>"When straightforward progress no longer feels inevitable."

"McCarthy is a good bet to become the next speaker of the House in the likely event that Republicans win a majority in November. Graham remains perhaps Trump’s closest collaborator in the Senate, a frequent golf partner and nuanced handler _...Read More_

>"Do Black people have the right to defend themselves, to bear arms in America? Because in the wake of the Buffalo Massacre and the Rob _...Read More_

>"Graphic Turn: Like the Ivy on a Wall at Reina Sofía looks at calls for social justice and responses to repression"

>"But no, we’re not headed for anything even close to 2008."