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Today we grieve for the DC-area sandwiches that have left us.  

The November 1970 coup that brought Hafiz al-Asad to power fundamentally transformed cultural production in Syria. A comprehensive intellectual, ideological, and political project—a Ba'thist cultural revolution—sought to align artistic endeavors with the ideological interests of the regime. The ensuing agonistic struggle pitted official aesthetics of power against alternative modes of creative expression that could evade or ignore the effects of the state. With this book, Max Weiss offers the first cultural and intellectual history of Ba'thist Syria, from the coming to power of Hafiz al-As...

The Illinois State Board of Education is weighing whether to replace the state’s annual Illinois Assessment of Readiness standardized test for grades 3 through 8 with three separate tests spread out in a school year.But teacher unions and education advocacy groups claim the proposed change would amount to more class time being dedicated to test preparation.

Each month, Tobias Carroll shares a handful of recently released or forthcoming titles in translation that he’s especially excited about. This month's selection includes books translated from Bengali, Japanese, Spanish, Arabic, French, and Chinese.    From New Vessel Press |

16 Best John Cusack Movies Ranked 16 Best John Cusack Movies Ranked Buena Vista Pictures By Michileen Martin/May 19, 2021 5:47 pm EDT/Updated: May 19, 2021 5:48 pm EDT Saying the name "John Cusack" evokes a specific kind of nostalgia from members of the so-called Generation X. As a young, baby-faced leading man — often cast in the '80s as passionate underdogs in teen romantic comedies like "The Sure Thing" and "Say Anything..." or wackier films like "Better Off Dead" or "One Crazy Summer" — Cusack became one of the pillars of '80s cinema.  But his relevance didn't leave...