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When I voted last September, I cast my first vote as a New Yorker. I didn’t think Cynthia Nixon would win in the primaries; every poll showed the queer democratic socialist losing the governor race to

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Paul Virilio passed away on the 18 th of September 2018 at the age of 86. In this piece, Mark Lacy reflects on his life, work and contemporary relevance. Paul Virilio (1932 – 2018) is not for everyone

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At the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, there is a small sculpture called Crossing Over by Steve Worthington, dedicated to the lives of lab animals. It depicts three mice in a boat. One s

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