06
Feb
Note: Even the Horizon Knows Its Bounds
‘Even the Horizon Knows Its Bounds.’ The Australian artist and curator Lawrence English may be best known for running the
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05
Feb
Note: Whoever controls Damascus
Whoever controls Damascus. They’d cooperated for years in the Syrian civil war against the now-fallen dictator, Bashar al-Assad—but
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05
Feb
Note: State of Silence
5 W Main: State of Silence. On taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to declassify
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04
Feb
Note: ‘Issa’
111 MHz: ‘Issa.’ The Malian desert blues band Songhoy Blues is back with their fourth album, Heritage. From which, here’
04
Feb
Crisis in Seoul
How resilient is democracy in South Korea? Stephan Haggard on increasing social polarization, economic inequality, and political violence.
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02
Feb
The fourth branch
What exactly do U.S. President Donald Trump and his inner circle have in mind when they say they’re taking on the “deep state”? Hugh Wilford on the specter of an unelected government behind the American government.
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30
Jan
Note: ‘Twilight’
111 MHz: ‘Twilight.’ Hiroshima native Sakura Tsuruta is making waves in the world of dance music with an expressive style
30
Jan
Hard to pin down
Why did people around the world vote out incumbents last year? Steven Levitsky on the emerging complexity of the populist right.
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29
Jan
Note: ‘The firewall’ falls in Berlin
‘The firewall’ falls in Berlin. On January 29, the German Bundestag passed a nonbinding motion aimed at cutting off undocumented
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28
Jan
Note: ‘Things Ain't What They Used to Be’
111 MHz: ‘Things Ain't What They Used to Be.’ Setting the time machine for 1957, and the album