• Politics

    Fascism

    What Does “Fascist” Actually Mean?

    Alberto Toscano on the Cycles of Fascism

     
    By Alberto Toscano  October 25, 2023
    In Conversation

    Masha Gessen and Nathan Thrall on The Whole Story of Israel and Palestine

    By Literary Hub  October 19, 2023
    Exile

    Limbo in Tbilisi: On the Lives of Russian Expats Fleeing the Kremlin

    By Masha Udensiva-Brenner  October 19, 2023
    The Hub

    What to read right now on Gaza and the Hamas-Israel war.

    By Literary Hub  October 18, 2023
    Activism

    The Revolution Will Be Televised: How Mass Media Made Mass Protest

    By Vincent Bevins  October 18, 2023
    Gaza

    Stories Too Awful to Believe: Adania Shibli on Bombings in Ramallah

    By Adania Shibli  October 18, 2023
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Open Letter

    An Open Letter in Support of Adania Shibli From More Than 350 Writers, Editors, and Publishers

    By Literary Hub  October 17, 2023
    Literary Criticism

    John Lee Clark on Why Capitalization Matters to the DeafBlind Community

    By John Lee Clark  October 17, 2023
    Immigrant Stories

    The Divided Self is Every Immigrant’s Legacy

    By Thrity Umrigar  October 13, 2023
    Excerpt

    Why Toni Morrison Left Publishing

    Dan Sinykin on Black Editors, White Publishers, and Beloved

    By Dan Sinykin  October 24, 2023
    Terrorism

    What A Long History of Terror Tells Us About Modern France

    By Nabila Ramdani  October 6, 2023
    Civil Rights

    The Hidden Story of Black History and Black Lives Before the Civil Rights Movement

    By Dylan C. Penningroth  October 4, 2023
    Poverty

    Legacies Both Ragged and Rich: Michelle Tea on Poverty and the American Family

    By Michelle Tea  October 3, 2023
    Cundill History Prize

    How US Intelligence Agencies Hid Their Most Shameful Experiments

    Matthew Connelly on Human Cost of Secret Science

    By Matthew Connelly  October 2, 2023
    Guns

    “Come and Take It”: How the Aftermath of Sandy Hook Led to More AR-15s Being Sold Than Ever Before

    By Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson  October 2, 2023
    Militarism

    Agency, Power, and the Armed Forces: On the Shifting Role of Women at War

    By Cynthia Enloe  September 22, 2023
    Motherhood

    We Need a Motherf*cking Break: On Mom Rage and the Fantasy of Joint Custody

    By Minna Dubin  September 21, 2023
    Feminist History

    We Are Not Alone: 50 Years of Ms. Magazine

    Gloria Steinem on the Making of America's First Feminist Publication

    By Gloria Steinem  September 20, 2023
    Censorship

    Fire and Fury and the First Amendment: How Trump Tried to Censor His Critics

    By John Sargent  September 20, 2023
    Libraries

    The Spy Who Shushed Me: How the Government Is Removing Our Right to Read in Private

    By Anthony Aycock  September 18, 2023
    Media

    Recognition Chains: How Digital Platforms Influence What We Consume

    By Michèle Lamont  September 18, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Andy Borowitz and A. J. Jacobs on Living in the Age of Ignorance

    The Authors of Profiles in Ignorance and The Year of Living Biblically in Conversation

    By Literary Hub  September 14, 2023
    Criminal Justice

    Parole For Pay: How America’s Criminal Justice System Was Slowly Privatized

    By Vincent Schiraldi  September 12, 2023
    Education

    Nikhil Goyal on the Ongoing Struggle for American Public Education

    By Diane Ravitch  September 8, 2023
    End Times

    Aleksandar Hemon on Living at the End of Time

    By Aleksander Hemon  October 12, 2023
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