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DEPARTMENTS
In Focus
06 Washington, D.C.
FreedomPeriscope
18 The Continuing
Education of
Mark Cuban
The Mogul on
Race, Business
and the Future
24 The Debate
Which COVID-
Lockdowns Are
Constitutional?
29 Talking Points
Pharrell Williams,
John Stewart
and MoreCulture
42 To Sound Like
the World
New Music
From Houston’s
Khruangbin
46 Uncharted
Cultural Masks
Around the World
48 Parting Shot
The 1975’s
Matty HealySING OUT Mark Speer and Laura Lee of the genre-
spanning Houston trio .hruangbin. $lthough mainly an
instrumental band, their new album features vocals.
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