Long Divisions
Our columnists hone in on the big splits in the GOP, plus: our environment, art, and a new Public Seminar podcast about work
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Animal Liberation
Hannah Arsenault-Gallant, “Why We Should Ban Pets: It’s time to retire the cages, aquariums, and leashes for good.” (May 12, 2021)
Geopolitics
Sarah Waring, “IOU planet: Industrialized nations have heavily plundered natural resources for around 160 years. It’s now payback time.” (May 13, 2021)
Books
Ann L. Buttenwieser, “The Floating Pool Lady: A quest to bring a public pool to New York City’s waterfront.” (May 12, 2021)
Classics Revisited
Lucas Amory, “Sergei Prokofiev’s Soviet Incarnation of Romeo and Juliet: We can only understand this great work of art if we remember that culture and politics were inextricable under Stalin.” (May 12, 2021)
Art & Covid
Alexandra Délano Alonso and Macushla Robinson, “What Can’t be Contained: A conversation.” (May 13, 2021)
Podcasts
Luke Mergner and Pete Sinnott, “Executives at Gig Companies Say the Darndest Things,” Unproductive Labor, Episode One.” (May 12, 2021)
Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil J. Young, “Peloton and the History of Product Recalls: Past Present, Episode 279.” (May 12, 2021)
Columnists
Claire Potter, “That We Love Our Country More: In defeat, Liz Cheney seizes the high ground and declares war on the Party of Trump.” (May 12, 2021)
Heather Cox Richardson, “Cheney’s Last Stand: She may be exiting the GOP leadership, but she is joining a new Resistance.” (May 12, 2021)
John Stoehr, “Liz Cheney Is Right Where She Needs to Be: The patriots among us are getting woke.” (May 12, 2021)
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