Reading “Mumbo Jumbo” in the Post-Covid Age

Books & the Arts / December 20, 2023 Reading Mumbo Jumbo in the Post-Covid Age Reading “Mumbo Jumbo” Ishmael Reed’s novel depicts an American government dedicated to public health as long as its efforts keep hierarchy and the status quo in place. Melvin Backman Ad Policy Harlem WPA Street Dance, by Elizabeth Olds, ca.1935–43. (Photo…

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The Big Little War You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

World / December 20, 2023 The Big Little War You’ve Probably Never Heard Of The Democratic Republic of the Congo is holding elections. Civil war has displaced millions of the country’s citizens but garnered little attention internationally. Ad Policy Marciane Ndamukunze, 68, arrives in Kizemba displacement camp, after fleeing heavy fighting in Masisi territory. December…

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Ukraine and the End of Magical Thinking

December 20, 2023 Ukraine and the End of Magical Thinking Time for reassessment and a change of course. Katrina vanden Heuvel Ad Policy US President Joe Biden, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a news conference in the Indian Treaty Room on the White House complex, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, December 12, 2023….

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Rare ‘rainbow cloud’ spotted over Scotland

39 minutes ago About sharing Mother-of-pearl cloud shimmering high in the sky in Angus on Tuesday evening By Simon King BBC Weather Residents in Scotland were amazed by a rare sight in the sky on Tuesday evening. Looking like a “portal to the next dimension” or possibly a spaceship, the shimmering colours of nacreous cloud…

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