Daily Archive: October 27, 2019

/// October 27, 2019

ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Killed, President Trump Announces

President Trump announced that the overnight rumors were accurate that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in an US raid in Syria.

Alex Perdue

/// October 27, 2019

In Which Modern Rap Remains King

Kanye got that he couldn’t have a traditional rap album and instead pressed ahead with a work that’s lyrically, harmonically, and physically coherent.

Rufus F.

/// October 27, 2019

Sunday Morning! “The Seventh Victim” and “An American Tragedy”

This week, a bleak thriller from the 40s and a literary masterpiece that are both awash in sin.

Clare Briggs

/// October 27, 2019

Alibis & Handicaps

Excuses, excuses…

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The Politics of Survival: Putting Yourself in a Box

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Daily Archive: October 27, 2019

ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Killed, President Trump Announces

In Which Modern Rap Remains King

Sunday Morning! “The Seventh Victim” and “An American Tragedy”

Alibis & Handicaps

Editor Picks

The Politics of Survival: Putting Yourself in a Box

One Is the Loneliest Number

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