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fearmongering Ted Cruz sees a hat with horns on the Grammys and calls it "evil" while his state struggles without power Carla Sinclair

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satan Satanic Temple opens abortion clinic named after anti-choice Supreme Court Justice Alito David Pescovitz

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capitalism The failed promises of exporting American-style capitalism Elías Villoro

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law North Dakota Republicans propose $1500 fines for using pronouns that upset them Elías Villoro

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music It's been forty years since Depeche Mode's "transitional" Construction Time Again Elías Villoro

movies Michelle Yeoh makes history with her Oscar nomination Devin Nealy

books "Prisons Make Us Safer" tackles myths of mass incarceration Elías Villoro

economics David Graeber's posthumous new book explores how pirates created liberalism Thom Dunn

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