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Where does art meet politics?

On Oct. 10, the Swedish Academy announced the winners of the Nobel Prizes in Literature for 2018 (postponed last year due to a sexual assault scandal) and 2019: Olga Tokarczuk
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Why it’s hard to play devil’s advocate

Illustration by Hengguang Li It’s hard to disagree with anyone about sociopolitical issues without being swiftly placed into an ideological box. The state of public discourse has deteriorated to a
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Is satire lying on its deathbed?

Illustration by Elisabeth Keeter According to dictionary.com, “Satire is the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice and folly.” The purpose of satire
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