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The White Bloc
James Pogue
‘This election made clear that white people in this country have begun to vote how Southern whites always have: as a bloc.’
Things I Never Told Her
Marian Ryan
‘I will lay down what I want, and I will get it, and prove I am not the kind of woman who is controlled by a man.’
To Live and Die in South Korea
Françoise Huguier & A.M. Homes
‘Blow the candle out, taste the darkness and come back changed.’
To Thine Own Self Be True
David Flusfeder
‘If Shakespeare’s characters stand for anything, it’s for a slipperiness of identity.’ David Flusfeder on a dog named Shakespeare.
Torn Silk and Garlands of Garlic
Teffi
Teffi remembers the Armenian refugees in Novorossiisk during the Russian Revolution.
Violence in Blue
Patrick Ball
‘One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police.’
When Denmark Criminalised Kindness
Lisbeth Zornig Andersen
‘We now know that it is a criminal offence to help refugees in distress.’
