Are there any actual guilty pleasures on this Politico reading list from DC “heavy hitters”?  

Are there any actual guilty pleasures on this Politico reading list from DC “heavy hitters”?  

By Jonny Diamond | July 9, 2019

We Need a New American Holiday Commemorating the 14th Amendment

We Need a New American Holiday Commemorating the 14th Amendment

Anthony McCann on the Constitutional Confusion of the So-Called American Patriot Movement

By Anthony McCann | July 9, 2019

The Problem of Neoliberal Realism in Contemporary Fiction

The Problem of Neoliberal Realism in Contemporary Fiction

Madeline ffitch on the Politics of "Conflict" in the Stories We Tell

By Madeline ffitch | July 9, 2019

How Fiction Fuses the Incompatible Realities of Religion and Comedy

How Fiction Fuses the Incompatible Realities of Religion and Comedy

Randy Boyagoda on Religious-Political Satire

By Randy Boyagoda | July 9, 2019

The American Ballpark: Public Space or Private Playground?

The American Ballpark: Public Space or Private Playground?

Whitney Terrell on Class, Race, Baseball, and a New Book by Paul Goldberger

By Whitney Terrell | July 8, 2019

When the World Matches the Apocalypse in Your Novel

When the World Matches the Apocalypse in Your Novel

Kimi Eisele on Finding Light in the Darkness of a Financial Dystopia

By Kimi Eisele | July 8, 2019

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In Cairo, the Garbage Collector Knows Everything

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The Torture of Being Trapped in an Australian Refugee Detention Center

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Behrouz Boochani Recounts the Injustices in Manus Island Prison

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Irin Carmon and Jay Wexler Talk Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, and More

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Julianne Moore on Gun Violence and the Women Fighting to Stop It

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We All Really Need to Reread George Orwell's <em>1984</em>

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