24
May
Narrative twist
Narrative twist. On Tuesday, Jake Tapper, an anchor for the U.S. news network CNN, and Alex Thompson, a correspondent
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23
May
‘Chiquilla’
‘Chiquilla.’ A 2006 oldie in the Mexican cumbia style, which is an offshoot of Columbian cumbia. This one isn’t
23
May
Story time is over
Member’s despatch, Week XXI: Why’s a new book about former U.S. President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline getting so much attention? Germany’s first foreign military presence since WWII. & Looks like we’ve been evolving for longer than we thought. + Music from A.B. Quintanilla III. What is cumbia? &c.
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21
May
‘They’re everywhere’
Why are there so many toxic chemicals in food? Rashmi Joglekar on where they come from and what they’re doing to people and the planet.
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21
May
The crisis of internationalism
The crisis of internationalism. The world economy is in turmoil. U.S. President Donald Trump imposed stunning tariffs on most
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20
May
‘Arrythmia’
‘Arrythmia.’ The Vancouver-based ambient composer Loscil is out with a new record that captures the anxiety that comes with fire
19
May
Lost men
Why do boys keep falling further behind girls in school? Ioakim Boutakidis on a half-century, still-elusive global achievement gap.
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19
May
Fallout
Fallout. It was a spectacular, public argument. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to the White House on February 28, hoping
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19
May
Live to fight another way
Live to fight another way. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Kurdish militia that has battled against the Turkish state for
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18
May
‘Delusional’
‘Delusional.’ Trip-hop is a genre that shined in the late 1980s and 1990s, when the Bristol Sound took off. And