This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | November 21, 2025

On the Death of Tech Idealism (and Rise of the Homeless) in Northern California

On the Death of Tech Idealism (and Rise of the Homeless) in Northern California

“It’s as though the city feels it’s been invaded by the unhoused. But turn San José inside out and it’s a giant homeless camp being invaded by a city.”

By Brian Barth | November 21, 2025

Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival

Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival

“Books are not fact-checked. Books are the perfect medium for grifters.”

By Maris Kreizman | November 20, 2025

How the Psychological Burden of Debt Impacts Our Physical Health

How the Psychological Burden of Debt Impacts Our Physical Health

Kristin Collier Explores the All-Encompassing Toll of Economic Precarity in America

By Kristin Collier | November 20, 2025

On Zohran Mamdani, Taylor Swift, and the Evolution of the Red Scare

On Zohran Mamdani, Taylor Swift, and the Evolution of the Red Scare

Aaron Boehmer Situates a True American Tradition in the 21st Century

By Aaron Boehmer | November 20, 2025

The Enduring Global Legacy of the French Revolution

The Enduring Global Legacy of the French Revolution

Donald Sassoon Discusses How Years of Political Turmoil Resulted in the Advent of the Modern Era

By Donald Sassoon | November 19, 2025

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Feminism, Freedom and the Accusatory “You.” On Elaine Kraf's Find Him!

By Violet Kupersmith | November 19, 2025

Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend

By Steven W. Thrasher | November 17, 2025

Give a Nazi an Inch... And Other Important Lessons From Weimar, Germany

By Volker Ullrich | November 17, 2025

Suddenly So Alone: Jean Chen Ho on Dislocation and Longing in Upstate New York

Suddenly So Alone: Jean Chen Ho on Dislocation and Longing in Upstate New York

“A person can get used to anything. I got used to being alone all the time.”

By Jean Chen Ho | November 17, 2025

The Case for Child Liberation Through Children‘s Books

The Case for Child Liberation Through Children‘s Books

“What do we have in mind when we give children a book?”

By Madeline Lane-McKinley | November 17, 2025

What’s going on at <em> Teen Vogue</em>?

What’s going on at Teen Vogue?

By Brittany Allen | November 13, 2025

A Day of Fragile Hope: On Gaza’s First Moments of Ceasefire

A Day of Fragile Hope: On Gaza’s First Moments of Ceasefire

Hani Qarmoot: ”The ceasefire was more than a political announcement; it was a reclaiming of humanity.”

By Hani Qarmout | November 13, 2025

When Empire Falls: Talking to George Packer About His New Novel, <em>The Emergency</em>

When Empire Falls: Talking to George Packer About His New Novel, The Emergency

In Conversation with Andy Hunter About Apocalypse, Societal Division, and the Future of America

By Andy Hunter | November 13, 2025

Celebration and Struggle: On the Life and Work of Alice Childress

Celebration and Struggle: On the Life and Work of Alice Childress

Eve Dunbar Considers the Creative, Professional and Manual Labor of Black Women in America

By Eve Dunbar | November 13, 2025

On David Graeber’s Ideas About the Structural Stupidity of Bureaucracy

On David Graeber’s Ideas About the Structural Stupidity of Bureaucracy

Stuart Jeffries Considers the Everyday Indignity of Modern Life

By Stuart Jeffries | November 12, 2025

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