The Arc
Freshwater Literary Journal
The so-called “arc of history,” says poet Kenneth Pobo, does not “bend toward justice,” and he tells us why!
books
The Struggle for a Decent Politics: On “Liberal” as an Adjective
LSE Review of Books
In this new book, writes reviewer Clemens, author Walzer "muses on the evolution of the word liberal, from indicating a fixed ideology to signifying a ‘universal’ set of values that can be attached to a diverse array of political projects."
film
The Discovery of a Little-Known History of the Nuremberg Trials
The New Yorker
“Filmmakers for the Prosecution” producer describes emptying out her mother's loft and under a daybed, found boxes of documents concerning the first Nuremberg trial and a 1948 never-released 16 mm film "Nuremberg: It's Lesson's for Today."
food
Will ‘Superfood Powders’ Actually Make You Healthier?
The New York Times
These once-daily supplements claim to boost energy, nourish your gut, support your immune system and more. But health experts aren’t convinced.
tv
Succession Is Television’s Most Devastating Critique of the Ultrarich
Jacobin
Succession is heading toward its series finale, having settled into a portrait of how the ultrarich’s quest for limitless accumulation crowds out any semblance of humanity. The show is the most potent piece of class critique on TV in recent memory.
books
Amanda Gorman ‘Gutted’ After Florida School Bans Biden Inauguration Poem
The Guardian
Poet Amanda Gorman, 25, vows to fight back after single complaint, which wrongly ascribed The Hill We Climb to Oprah Winfrey, prompts removal.
film
Killers of the Flower Moon Review – Scorsese’s Remarkable Epic About the Bloody Birth of America
The Guardian
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone star in this macabre western about serial murders among the Osage tribe in 1920s Oklahoma, which reflects the erasure of Native Americans from the US
food
The Irish Fasting Tradition
JSTOR
Particularly before the Second Vatican Council (a.k.a. Vatican II), fasting was part of the Catholic calendar. No one took it more seriously than the Irish.
tv
Succession’s Election Night Painfully Shows Us How Cable News Is Made
Vox
Succession's idea of a media executive personally picking a winner is no longer all that shocking. The recent defamation lawsuit Fox News settled revealed that Rupert Murdoch had been directly involved in making calls for the network.
poetry
Upon Voiding Pills
New Verse News
Lavinia Kumar’s poetry protests the government’s repression of safe medical abortion.
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