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On Their Own Terms

In times of political upheaval and economic instability, radical art empowers women to claim their place at the center of public life

By Nicole-Ann Lobo

July 14, 2018

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Contending Aims, Contending Claims

Criticism of cultural appropriation is all the rage, but what about its effects on artistic freedom?

By Rand Richards Cooper

July 12, 2018

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Do Liberals Hate the Middle Class?

A response to one of liberalism’s critics highlights its accomplishments, arguing that it could redress the plutocratic distortions now crippling our politics

By Paul Baumann

July 11, 2018

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July 6, 2018

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Monarchists at Heart?

A new book about the history of Evangelicals in America provides a helpful, if limited, survey of the movement

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July 10, 2018

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Fugitive Truths

In its apprehension of a certain American mode of being, ‘Cloudbursts’ is an indispensable monument to slip alongside the work of John Cheever and Peter Taylor

By William Giraldi

July 9, 2018

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How Far Have We Gone?

David Lodge’s 1980 novel ‘How Far Can You Go?’ uses humor to articulate lay Catholics’ struggle to reconcile a rule-oriented church with an adult faith

By Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

July 2, 2018

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Widening the ‘Pro-Life’ Frame

Pro-life politics must expand beyond the narrow focus on abortion, and advocate for issues like gun control, the environment, and immigration

By John Gehring

July 11, 2018

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Just as Rampant?

Cardinal McCarrick's downfall reveals the need for better, more transparent ways for handling sexual harassment of adults

July 9, 2018

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Modeling Mystery

A new exhibition at the Guggenheim represents a homecoming for the Swiss-born sculptor

By Griffin Oleynick

July 1, 2018

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Making a Masterpiece

For the film’s fiftieth anniversary, a new book details the collaboration between director Stanley Kubrick and screenwriter Arthur C. Clarke

By Michael F. Robinson

July 6, 2018

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An Unhealed Wound

From our archives, highlights of a half-century's worth of writing on ‘Humanae Vitae’

June 5, 2018

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