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From Ian: ‘There is a clash of civilisations’: An interview with Benny Morris GNB: Your work has been hugely controversial. Looking back, would you do anything differently if you could? BM: To be completely honest, in the interview with Ari Shavit...

“Funny how secrets travel. I’d start to believe, if I were to bleed.” – lyrics written by David Bowie from the album Outside Shawn Helton 21st Century Wire In the days before the US presidential election in November 2016, Wikileaks revealed a new string...

Brand is the be-all-end-all of Donald Trump. And the core of Trump’s brand is that squinty, jut-jowled, unreflective scowl, the Dirty Harry stare he insists on plastering everywhere — book covers, posters, his website—because it advertises his most marketable...

Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Kimberly Chun, Dennis Harvey, Lynn Rapoport, and Sara Maria Vizcarrondo. For rep house showtimes, see Rep Clock. CAAMFEST The Center for Asian American Media Fest runs March 14-24. Venues include...

Each year, I keep a running list of exceptional nonfiction that I encounter as I publish The Best of Journalism, an email newsletter that I curate weekly for its subscribers. This is my annual attempt to bring some of those stories to a wider audience...