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Can Trump’s Peace Initiative Stop the Congo’s Thirty-Year War?
“What power?” I asked. “All kinds of power,” he said and smiled. In June, when Trump announced he had brought ...
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
At the end of the summer, Yun learned that ICE moved Jim to their detention center in Alexandria in central ...
God Bless “A Christmas Carol,” Every One
In Naples there is Via San Gregorio Armeno, where you can find shop after shop run by artisans who specialize ...
What Does “Capitalism” Really Mean, Anyway?
The endgame of capitalism, in his opinion, is a world in which “almost nothing has escaped commodification.” Here Beckert refers ...
“The Secret Agent,” Reviewed: A Brazilian Political Thriller Teeming with Life
Meanwhile, a real shark washed ashore; The film's MacGuffin is a human leg found in the creature's stomach. To investigate, ...
One of the Greatest Polar-Bear Hunters Confronts a Vanishing World
Five of them died in the first winter. But there was plenty of hunting, and the settlement soon flourished, spreading ...
Briefly Noted Book Reviews | The New Yorker
Earth in winterAndrew Miller (Europe). This sensitively written, deeply psychological novel, nominated for the Booker Prize, follows two neighboring couples ...
In Northern Scotland, the Neolithic Age Never Ended
“The natural assumption about a place like Brodgar is that it’s built to last,” Edmonds continued. “If stones are missing ...
Where Dante’s Divine Comedy Guides Us
Nevertheless, hell is filled with bloody and horrific torment. According to Dante, some sinners fully deserve what they get: for ...
The Justice Department Hits a New Low with the Epstein Files
On a Friday night in October 2021, the Department of Justice went into damage control mode. Attorney General Merrick Garland, ...