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For Self or For Country

For Self or For Country

Li Na and Peng Shuai have launched a tennis craze in China. But by challenging the communist sports machine, they’ve also forced the next generation to choose sides.
Coronation Day: Macy’s Meets Oasis

Coronation Day: Macy’s Meets Oasis

LONDON, May 6 – It’s a rainy spring morning. And around the cobbled streets of Marylebone, I haven’t found a single person who seems invested, much less excited, about the UK’s first coronation in seventy years. The stores catering to the...
Hollywood East, The Sequel: The fight over NC Film

Hollywood East, The Sequel: The fight over NC Film

In the 1970s, North Carolina native Earl Owensby made cult classics like the 3-D Rottweiler while setting new benchmarks for gore. As he memorably boasted, “We need to take violence off the street and put it back on the screen, where it belongs.” Thanks to...
New: Why Can’t We All Be Friends?

New: Why Can’t We All Be Friends?

The Mother Jones Podcast What the Hell Is “Truth and Reconciliation,” Anyway‪?‬ House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin delivered a speech during Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in which he made a direct appeal to reality: “Democracy needs a ground to stand upon,” he...