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Nicole Sealey
Color Me Country
Cowboy Carter is both a country album and a Beyoncé album—the distinctions aren’t mutually exclusive, nor should they be.
Anahid Nersessian
Refusing the Eye
In Simone Leigh’s sculptures, strange and contingent details redirect the viewer’s gaze.
Sean Wilentz
The ‘Dred Scott’ of Our Time
In ruling in favor of Donald Trump’s claims of immunity from prosecution for his official acts, the Supreme Court has invested the presidency with quasi-monarchial powers, paving the way for MAGA authoritarianism.
Gordon F. Sander
Ready for War in Sweden
“If neutrality was a façade, it was one most Swedes ardently believed in prior to the Ukraine war.”
Free from the Archives
Emiliano Zapata was born 145 years ago today. In the March 13, 1969, issue of the Review, Carlos Fuentes wrote about Zapato, the Zapatistas, and the Mexican Revolution.
Carlos Fuentes
Viva Zapata
“‘The people want their rights respected. They want to be paid attention to and listened to.’ These are Zapata’s words and the fact that they were pronounced by a Mexican guerrillero at the beginning of the century makes them no less contemporary, both for Mexico and for most of the rest of the world.”
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