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Karen Bass, Nithya Raman, and the Incriment of the Street: Homelessness, Measurement, and the Manufacture of Civic Confidence
In principle, the proposition that Los Angeles voters might “finally change direction” on homelessness rests upon two assumptions that deserve interrogation before the proposition can be… Read more
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CJ STROUD; INSIDE THE POCKET PT. 2
CJ Stroud finished Houston’s Week 1 loss to Buffalo 26-of-38 for 274 yards, two touchdowns, zero interceptions, and two lost fumbles off strip-sacks. Read alone, that… Read more
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The One Place Iran Can Still Hurt the World
How a Twenty-One-Mile-Wide Channel Became Washington’s Newest Forever War There is a particular kind of American war that does not announce itself with a declaration, a… Read more
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The Anatomy of Josh Allen
Picture a lecture hall, a projector, and two clips loaded side by side. On the left screen: a young passer from Wyoming, a program far from… Read more
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The 53-Man Roster: What Nick Caserio Is Building
Every roster tells the story of the front office that assembled the soul of the city; and the Houston Texans’ 53-man roster heading into the 2026… Read more
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QUICK: CJ Stroud Film Analysis
C.J. Stroud has spent 2026 living in the shadow of one of the worst two-game postseason stretches by a quarterback in recent NFL history. Across the… Read more
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Knowledge and Power: Tom Cotton; And the Pursuit of Lasting Peace
Since the conclusion of the Cold War—and notably after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001—the United States has increasingly embraced the idea that collecting more… Read story
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Other Mommy Trailer
Check out the official trailer for Other Mommy below, following a young girl who is threatened by a sinister demon that looks exactly like her real-life… Read story
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Nolan’s; The Odyssey Review
The machinery behind The Odyssey reflects something larger about the modern cinematic landscape: the transformation of film from a singular artistic experience into a carefully orchestrated… Read story
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About Us: On the Ground in Johannesburg
Johannesburg moves fast. Taxis weave through traffic, street vendors set up before sunrise, and in between the high-rises and mine dumps are families who are one… Read story
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Tom Cotton: The Epistemology of Threat — China, Secrecy, and the Manufacture of Strategic Necessity
Fundamentally, Senator Tom Cotton’s foreign policy posture emerges from a sustained pattern of public statements and legislative priorities that collectively signal a deeply adversarial interpretation of… Read story
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