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What Makes American Architecture American?
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The World Cup Meets Casino Capitalism
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Maine Democrats Must Replace Graham Platner Now
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Founded by abolitionists in 1865. Committed to progressive journalism.
My new novel, Colossus, is out now. I'm also the author of Glass Century, Editor-in-Chief of The Metropolitan Review, and a columnist for New York Magazine.
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architecture critic at The Nation and essayist
Bhaskar Sunkara is the president of The Nation magazine and the founding editor of Jacobin.
Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law. Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14
Jules Boykoff is the author of "Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIFA Greed Machine" (OR Books, 2026) and "Kicking," a memoir (Duke University Press, 2026). He teaches political science at Pacific University.
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