What’s Wrong With the Meritocracy
Michael J. Sandel’s “The Tyranny of Merit” examines the damage our current meritocratic system is doing to the country.
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One of the Most Perilous Jobs in Government
As Chris Whipple shows in “The Spymasters,” the heads of the Central Intelligence Agency have often been more beleaguered than omnipotent.
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What It Means to Be the ‘Token’ Black Kid in a Rich, White World
In “Greyboy,” Cole Brown recounts the lives of privileged outsiders, himself among them.
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New & Noteworthy Audiobooks, From Dan Rather to Black Lives Matter
A selection of recent audiobooks of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
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Matthew Yglesias Thinks There Should Be ‘One Billion Americans’
In his new book, the journalist and co-founder of Vox argues that dramatic population growth could revitalize the nation.
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Michael Ian Black Has Some Wisdom for His Son (and Maybe for Yours)
In “A Better Man,” the comedian proposes a sincere vision for modern masculinity.
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The Housewife Who Was a Spy
Ben Macintyre’s “Agent Sonya” recounts the story of a woman who passed along atomic secrets when she wasn’t raising her family in the Cotswolds.
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An Unflinching Child’s-Eye View of Sexual Abuse
The 10-year-old narrator of Kimberly Brubaker Bradley’s “Fighting Words” eases her way into sharing the awful truth of what she and her sister survived.
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In Jorie Graham’s Poetry, the End of Days and the Pleasures of the Flow
“Runaway,” Graham’s 15th collection, considers the apocalypse, beautifully.
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Long Before Cambridge Analytica And Facebook, Simulmatics Linked Data And Politics
In If Then, author and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore unearths Simulmatics' story and makes the argument that the company paved the way for our 21st-century obsession with data and prediction.
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