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The 2026 Farm Bill and Big Tech

Anthony Pahnke Fortune
The current Farm Bill that is now meandering through Congress — entitled The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 — reveals some potentially troubling inclusions worth digging into.

Burning

Gene Grabiner
Poet Gene Grabiner reminds us that even in the intimacy of the family one encounters intimations of past horror.

The Jazz Pictures the FBI Silenced

Julia Curl Hyperallergic
Fearing for her safety, Lisette Model buried her photos of artists like Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong, but a new book reveals them to the world.

And the Oscar Goes to … Men Not at Work

Stephen Lurie Jacobin
Our male protagonists — or perhaps men more broadly — are searching for meaning, solace, or glory anywhere but in the workplace. The trend represents a collective ambiguity about the point of work.

The New American Cheesemongers

Karen Fischer Ambrook.com
Cheese is all about culture and history, and every country has a cheese that is theirs that they’ve been making since ancient times. People want to be in touch with their product and their mind … It’s getting back to basics.

Opening Night

Tony Hoagland
Poet Tony Hoagland exposes the chicanery of "artwashing," so common in our major cultural institutions.

Globaloney

Jackson Lears London Review of Books
This new book survey's the life and work of President Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor and foreign policy strategist.