Presidential
In this presidential election year, poet Carol Kanter issues an elegant warning of a certain candidate “assuming, accruing power.”
books
Timothy Leary Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: On Benjamin Breen’s “Tripping on Utopia”
Los Angeles Review of Books
This book's point, writes reviewer Adams, "is to sketch an alternate history of psychedelic drugs before their adoption by the counterculture."
books
Strangely Lenin
Portside
This may be the funniest book about Lenin ever published, a generalization difficult to prove because there have been thousands of books about Lenin in hundreds of languages.
food
Restaurant Menus Are Designed To Trick You Into Spending More Money
Women's Health Magazine
Restaurant menus, from fancy sit-down places to fast food restaurants and even take-outs, are full of tricks to increase sales. But once you notice the visual elements that make up a menu, you'll never be able to unsee them
film
The Documentary Aleksei Navalny Knew We’d Watch After His Death
The New York Times
Film director Daniel Roher asks his subject a dark question:
“If you are killed — if this does happen — what message do you leave behind to the Russian people?”
tv
True Detective: Night Country – A Pivotal Moment in Indigenous Women Representation
BNN Breaking
True Detective: Night Country breaks ground in television's portrayal of Indigenous women and the MMIW crisis. Characters like Kayla Prior and Evangeline Navarro offer a nuanced reflection of resilience, complexity, and societal struggles.
books
What a Legendary Historian Tells Us About the Contempt for Today’s Working Class
The Guardian
A century after his birth, EP Thompson’s empathy with those facing scorn and condescension is more relevant than ever. The first paragraph starts: “The working class did not rise like the sun at an appointed time. It was present at its own making.”
books
Why Some Are More Equal Than Others
Literary Review
This book, writes reviewer Reeves, "ought to be read by anyone interested in equality, and also anyone interested in people, history, God, politics, religion, nationalism, war or love."
film
The Zone of Interest Is Much More Than a Holocaust Film
Jacobin
Zone of Interest isn’t just a film about Nazis. This is a film about us.
food
Do You Know How Tomatoes Taste?
Ambrook Research
Scientists are trying to bring flavor back to the tomatoes sold in grocery stores. But how should they taste, exactly?
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