The inaugural issue of Contango Journal is out, including Chris Cutrone (SAIC): The Crisis of Neoliberalism and Marxism in the Age of Trump. Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption purge is all about life after oil. Trump is in deep with Saudi Arabia — that’s dangerous. Emily Holden on how the Bonn climate talks survived Trump. The Menendez trial revealed everything that’s gone wrong with US bribery law. From the New York Times, a special report on how politics and bad decisions starved New York’s subways. Peter Beinart: White men from fancy schools advanced quickly at the New Republic — asking how much of their success was due to race, gender, and class would have meant asking the same of myself. There’s a digital media crash — but no one will say it.
