Inside the Private Equity Scam—and the Livelihoods It Has Destroyed

A roundup of TNR's culture reporting

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A roundup of TNR's culture reporting

View in browser How America Became Hostile to Shade A roving history makes the case for shade's centrality to public health, climate adaptation, and even a more robust and inclusive public sphere. By Piper French The Right of the People Don't miss this event! RSVP now.  Join us on August 12 as Osita Nwanevu and Timothy Noah discuss The Right of the People, Nwanevu's new book on democracy in crisis. In a time defined by political dysfunction, inequality, and rising antidemocratic sentiment, Nwanevu offers a bold vision: a reimagined American founding that can restore faith in democracy. From the failures of our aging institutions to the challenges of the 2024 election, this conversation will explore how we got here—and how we fight for a better, more democratic future. RSVP now before it sells out RSVP now before it sells out Lena Dunham's Too Much Is Exactly Enough The deliberate, delightful excesses of her new rom-com show on Netflix By Phillip Maciak The Late-Capitalist Menace at the Heart of Cloud Kiyoshi Kurosawa's latest is a masterful, satirical horror tale of a shameless online scammer and the vengeance wreaked by ever-growing numbers of his unhappy customers. By Adam Nayman A Book Called Fascism or Genocide That's Reluctant to Discuss Either Ross Barkan's engrossing, literary analysis of the 2024 election disappoints with its blinkered vision of U.S. politics. By Daniel Felsenthal What subscribers are reading: The World Has Gone Haywire in Ari Aster's Eddington By Corey Atad What If the Political Pendulum Doesn't Swing Back? By Michael Brenes The Big Ten Rises Up Against Trump By Virginia Heffernan Everybody Hates Trump Now Six months after Trump bragged about a "historic" realignment, voters from across the political spectrum have soured on the president. By Alex Shephard Read now Read now The Real Reason for Zohran's Success Should Rattle National Democrats Exclusive internal campaign data on the reach of Mamdani's viral videos illustrates that he gets modern messaging in ways other Democrats just don't. By Greg Sargent The 2026 World Cup Could Be the Most Corrupt Ever The president has anointed himself chair of next year's lucrative sporting event, which was once entangled in the biggest sports bribe scandal in history. What could go wrong? By Mary Papenfuss The "Tiffany Network" Shatters as Paramount-CBS Sells Its Soul Cheap The new, post-merger head of CBS donated to Biden—but apparently wants to make Bari Weiss a network star. How worried should we be? By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Steven Tian, Stephen Henriques Inside the Private Equity Scam—and the Livelihoods It Has Destroyed Financiers have bamboozled the public for years about their expertise in "fixing" companies. Yet they often—and sometimes deliberately—run them into the ground. By Molly Osberg Trump's Epstein Fiasco Worsens as Dems Suddenly Find Big New Weapon Senate Democrats are using a 1928 law to pressure Trump to release the Epstein files. The White House will ignore them. Here's what could happen next. By Greg Sargent Read now Read now  Update your personal preferences for comercialyventas.aliperiodicos@blogger.com by clicking here.    Our mailing address is: The New Republic, 1 Union Sq W Fl 6 , NY , New York, NY 10003-3303, United States   Do you want to stop receiving all emails from Culture?  Unsubscribe from this list. If you stopped getting TNR emails, update your profile to resume receiving them.