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The Best Books of 2020: Non-Fiction
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The Best Books of 2020: Non-Fiction

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 / 11 December 2020

In the stormy year of 2020 PopMatters' staff have clung to anything seemingly solid with one hand while holding a good book in the other. Through it all, we are curious, engaged, and eager to share what we've read with you.

‘The Final Year’ Wistfully Recalls The Obama Administration’s Final Months in Office
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‘The Final Year’ Wistfully Recalls The Obama Administration’s Final Months in Office

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 / 19 January 2018

As The Final Year quietly argues, if the United States' electorate fails to elevate itself to a higher level of political vernacular than coarse tweets and reality TV-style colloquies, then 2016 may be the best year the US will have had for a long time to come.

‘Southside With You’ Is Strong on National Character
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‘Southside With You’ Is Strong on National Character

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 / 6 September 2016
The Obama Administration is a testament to rising from progressive grassroots politics to The White House, and a small scale indie is an ideal medium for the Obama family’s origin story.
Mogwai Explores the Nuclear Age’s Benefits and Disasters on ‘Atomic’
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Mogwai Explores the Nuclear Age’s Benefits and Disasters on ‘Atomic’

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 / 21 June 2016
Mogwai finds ways to balance their music to their political stance -- complete nuclear disarmament of all countries in possession of weapons of mass destruction -- with a strong emphasis of dynamics to match the themes of annihilation, despair, and hope, albeit bleak.
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The Great Gatsby Re-Incarnated a la Don Draper and Barack Obama

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 / 29 May 2013
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The Power of Now

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 / 29 April 2013
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Comics-in-Chief: Laughing With (and At) the Presidents – The Growth of Democracy & the Flow of Humor

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 / 31 January 2013
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In America, Imagination is a Third Party: The Presidency in Fiction

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 / 10 January 2013
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Pussy Riot, Paul Ryan, and Protest Music in 2012 America

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 / 16 September 2012
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Ry Cooder: Election Special

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 / 20 August 2012
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The Politics of American Perceptions

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 / 21 June 2012
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Post-Black, Post-Racial… Post-Trayvon

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 / 13 June 2012