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The Battle of Berlinale

Gaza overshadows the German film festival, accusations of theft at the High Museum, three Community columns, and Juliette Lewis turns into a chair in a new movie.

Hyperallergic •

Trump Is Determined to Poison His Own Voters

As Trump moves to undo decades of work—begun by Republican President Richard Nixon—to protect people and nature from toxic chemicals, two recent pro-polluter policies are especially likely to harm his own voters. Last week, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency—when will they

The New Republic •

The big new controversy over the Epstein files, explained

When the Department of Justice released more than 3 million pages of documents relating to the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein on Jan. 30, the sheer volume of the material was dizzying. It always seemed plausible that important elements of the release would take time

TheHill •

The Nationwide Revolt Against Flock Safety Cameras

Len Phillips had just finished posting a yellow sign underneath the camera when an elderly man pulled up, exited his pickup truck, and shuffled over to take a look. “A.I. camera,” the sign read. “Your movements have just been logged into a private searchable database.” The man

The New Republic •

China’s Japan squeeze is a warning for Southeast Asia

Beijing’s escalating restrictions on Japanese defense-linked companies have largely been covered as a bilateral story. Yet the implications extend well into Southeast Asia, where regional countries are woven into many of the same supply chains now under pressure – and where the

Asia Times •

Justice and luck

Orson Welles may have said, “Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.” I think it’s more productive to imagine that “Justice is how society deals with luck.” Good and bad.

Seth's Blog •

Afghanistan says it used drones to hit targets in Pakistan

KABUL/ISLAMABAD, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban "successfully conducted" air strikes using drones to hit military targets in Pakistan, its defence ministry and a government spokesperson said on Friday, as fighting between the neighbours continued. Pakistani Information

Al Monitor •