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December 19, 2021
The Vigilante World of Comic Books
A sweeping new history of American comics traces the rise of characters caught in a Manichaean struggle between good and evil.
by Scott Bradfield
The new film is set in a now-bulldozed Black neighborhood, so why is it all about whites and Puerto Ricans? Because it really takes place—bear with me—in Los Angeles.
by Timothy Noah
Edith Schloss’s memoir recalls a world of spacious, postindustrial studios filled with even bigger ideas about how to reform modern art.
by Max Holleran
Meet the young intellectuals who think the culture war is not being fought hard enough.
by The Politics of Everything

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest movie makes the 1970s dreamy but lacks the edge of his earlier films.
by Jo Livingstone
We ascribe too much meaning to the early years of the republic.
by Osita Nwanevu
The stories we tell about crime too often prop up fantasies about law enforcement and justice.

by Andrea DenHoed

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