Plus, a review of Netflix's "The Chair," and more...
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September 3, 2021
In Texas, the GOP Has Just Overplayed Its Hand
Hideous as the Texas law is for women, it could be good for Democrats in 2022—anger is a much greater motivator than complacency.
by Walter Shapiro
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The Filibuster Is Blocking
Roe v. Wade
From Becoming the Law of the Land
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House would vote on a bill codifying the right to an abortion, but it will likely stall in the Senate.
by Grace Segers
Can Salman Rushdie and Substack Revive Serialized Fiction?
Most of the big tech attempts to “disrupt” the book have failed.
by Alex Shephard
The Chair
Is an Elegy for the Life of the Mind
The Netflix show with Sandra Oh captures an existential crisis.
by Lidija Haas
The Town That Logged Off
A new book on Green Bank, West Virginia, falls into some of the worst tropes of writing about rural America.
by Chris Lehmann
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