A recent scholarly paper on “microaggressions” uses them to chart the ascendance of a new moral code in American life.
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Rick Perry becomes the first Republican to drop out of the hunt.
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The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.
Last week, an estimated 70,000 people came to Burning Man 2015, “Carnival of Mirrors,” from all over the world to dance, express themselves, and take in the spectacle.