The Harpy

‘Imprisoned men and women are the drivers of a multibillion-dollar shadow economy: its laborers and its prey’

‘For decades, Manafort gave guidance to murderers around the world. It was only in America, the country that had shaped his tactics, that he found a partial comeuppance.’

‘If you wish to celebrate yourself, to feel part of something bigger, to express pride in a heritage, you can do better than the cruel sucking nullity of whiteness’

‘New York has a long history of radical women who have stood at the helm of social movements, often in times of great social ferment.’

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In praise of close friends and cold soup

‘I have chosen to fight, to raise a big and hideous and ungovernable howl for the girl I was and the girls who have yet to be’

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‘At the root of the Russia scandal are the parallels between Trump and Putin that animate all our president’s unsavory behavior: a willingness to loot and an eagerness to lie’

‘Musk’s gesture to help Flint suits his flair for showmanship; it typifies his attitude toward public action’

‘A country without legal abortion is not a country without abortion. It’s just a country in which more women die.’

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‘The call to be meek and passive feels like an insult. Even a turned cheek burns when it’s slapped.’