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“My conscience—as an activist, a strategist—is very clear,” Donna Brazile said in September 2016, not long after admitting that she had leaked primary debate questions to Hillary Clinton. But perhaps her conscience was not as pristine as she claimed. An excerpt from her upcoming book Hacks, published in Politico on Thursday morning, indicts both the Democratic National Committee and Clinton’s campaign for what, in Brazile’s eyes, amounts to political corruption. Most public reaction has centered... Читать дальше...

This week, House Republicans finally unveiled their tax cut package after months of stating vague principles, squabbling over details, and even delaying its release by a day. Even though the plan offered more information than Republicans had been willing to cough up previously, many families still likely have very little idea of whether they’ll be helped or hurt by the plan. That is, unless they’re rich.

Items: Is Fashion Modern?, the first fashion exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art since 1944, constitutes an enormous, flawed argument for the inclusion of clothing design in MoMA’s archive. It pulls together 111 different pieces—mostly clothing but some accessories—that have been influential over the past century and more. (The show’s inscrutable title is a play on the 1944 MoMA exhibition Are Clothes Modern?, put together by curator and erstwhile sandal designer Bernard Rudofsky.) Here are Levis... Читать дальше...

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Each episode of Alias Grace, a new television adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1996 novel, ends with a haunting a cappella folk song. “Come all you fair and tender girls / That flourish in your prime,” warbles Anne Briggs, who recorded the ballad in 1963, the year she turned 19. “Beware, beware if you’re good and fair / Let no man steal your thyme.” This was perhaps meant in the folk tradition as a word of gentle caution about the shame of losing virginity. In Briggs’s version... Читать дальше...

Of all the scenes of devastation in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria, one video has stood out. Shot from a balcony or rooftop, it depicts six seconds of horror: the city of Guayama, on the island’s southern coast, engulfed by a violent river. Deep, fast-moving water rushes through the streets, slipping over cars and picking up debris. The images would be jarring in any city, but they are particularly terrifying in this one. Guayama is home not just to 42,000 people, who are now struggling to survive... Читать дальше...