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In the year of the great composer’s 250th birthday, we can retune our ears to pick up the subversive and passionately democratic nature of his music.

This year Virginia became the crucial thirty-eighth state to ratify the ERA. Renewed efforts to quash it stand to wipe out a hundred years of women’s work as constitution-makers.

We asked the real experts about the gap between public enthusiasm for unions and the lack of actual union members.

Showrunner Eric Kripke is responsible for helping mold The Boys into the surprising feminist showcase it has become.