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View this email in your browser Monday August 10, 2020 The Christian Devotion to a White America Republicans like Tom Cotton gloss over the religion’s role in establishing slavery and perpetuating white supremacy. By Bruce Bartlett Advertising The Unequal Future of Consumption How the Covid lockdown is reconfiguring the nexus of getting and spending By Frank Trentmann Tom DeLonge’s Warped UFO Tour Space aliens are having a moment in America, thanks to the Blink-182 frontman’s E.T.-hunting A-team. But what’s his real plan? By Matt Farwell Can Platform Vaccines Really Save Us? Platform vaccines for the coronavirus will take longer than the president thinks. But if we invest now, they could prevent pandemics in the future. By Melody Schreiber Advertising The Unfinished Business of Women’s Suffrage The women who remain locked out of the right to vote are the fractured legacy of a fractured movement. By Melissa Gira Grant How Mike Pompeo Built a Blood-for-Oil Pipeline The State Department, a conservative-connected shell company, and a key Kurdish crime family team up to siphon Syrian oil for U.S. investors. By Zack Kopplin The Brutal World of Waiting for the Barbarians Johnny Depp and Mark Rylance play the enforcers of empire in the film based on J.M. Coetzee’s novel. By Lidija Haas Advertising Support Independent, Issue-Driven Journalism Special Countdown to the Election Sale: 3 Months for $5 Donate Twitter Facebook Instagram Copyright © 2020 The New Republic, All rights reserved. Try one of our new newsletters by updating your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.