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Carrie Lambert-Beatty
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Exploring “parafiction” in contemporary art and our post-truth culture—with Carrie Lambert-Beatty, professor of the history of art and architecture and of art, film, and visual studies.
11.30.20
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Carrie Lambert-Beatty
Exploring “parafiction” in contemporary art and our post-truth culture—with Carrie Lambert-Beatty, professor of the history of art and architecture and of art, film, and visual studies.
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Photograph by Nina Subin
Harvard Law School professor Jeannie Suk Gersen breaks down the use of race in college admissions and the future of affirmative action at the Supreme Court.
Danielle Allen
Photograph by Laura Rose
The case for reinventing American democracy through an enlarged House of Representatives, ranked-choice voting, and more
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