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With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be final. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. This faith was misplaced. Authoritarianism returned to Russia, as Putin found fascist ideas that could be used to justify rule by the wealthy. In the 2010s, […]

På 1970-talet gav sig Joan Didion ut på två långa reportageresor i två kontrasterande delar av USA: Södern och Västern. Genom att förstå Södern ville hon förstå Kalifornien, där hon vuxit upp. Under dessa resor förde hon anteckningar som aldrig publicerades. Nu, nästan 40 år senare, har de samlats till en kusligt aktuell berättelse om […]

In over a year of on-the-ground reportage, Washington Post writer Wesley Lowery traveled across the US to uncover life inside the most heavily policed, if otherwise neglected, corners of America today.

From the best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks–writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Joan Didion has always kept notebooks: of overheard dialogue, observations, interviews, drafts of essays and articles–and here is one such draft that […]