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Why We Fear Real-Life Dystopia but Love Dystopian Fiction

Why We Fear Real-Life Dystopia but Love Dystopian Fiction

Laila Lalami: "Our world... may not be the best of all possible worlds, but it’s the one we have—and the one we make."

By Laila Lalami | March 13, 2025

Shilling Books While Rome Burns: Why Politicians Need to Focus on Their Day Jobs

Shilling Books While Rome Burns: Why Politicians Need to Focus on Their Day Jobs

Maris Kreizman to Gavin Newsom: WE DON’T NEED YOUR MEMOIR

By Maris Kreizman | March 13, 2025

Stenographers of Empire: Where is the Moral Courage in the American Media?

Stenographers of Empire: Where is the Moral Courage in the American Media?

For Steven W. Thrasher the Absence of Solidarity Among American Journalists Has Made Donald Trump’s Job That Much Easier

By Steven W. Thrasher | March 12, 2025

From Philly to Derry: On the Americans Who Armed the IRA During The Troubles

From Philly to Derry: On the Americans Who Armed the IRA During The Troubles

Ali Watkins on Vincent Conlon’s Secret Life in the United States as an Operative and Gun-Running Irish Rebel

By Ali Watkins | March 11, 2025

A Columbia professor's message to his fellow Jewish faculty members.

A Columbia professor's message to his fellow Jewish faculty members.

By James Schamus | March 10, 2025

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Liverpool Never Forgets: On the Legacy of the Hillsborough Disaster

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Draw Me a Controversy: On the Banning of Beloved Children’s Book Author Eric Carle

By Lisa Tolin | March 10, 2025

The State Department pulled $1 million in funding for the Iowa International Writing Program.

By James Folta | March 7, 2025

Three unionized Barnes & Nobles in NYC have ratified an historic first contract.

By James Folta | March 7, 2025

What Is Donald Trump Doing? Three Theories for the Madness

What Is Donald Trump Doing? Three Theories for the Madness

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By Aron Solomon | March 7, 2025

Margaret Atwood on Victoria Amelina, Who Recorded the Lives of Ukrainian Women Under War

Margaret Atwood on Victoria Amelina, Who Recorded the Lives of Ukrainian Women Under War

Remembering an Award-Winning Writer Who Sacrificed Her Life For Justice

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You Cannot Go to Your Country: Victoria Amelina on the Start of War in Ukraine

You Cannot Go to Your Country: Victoria Amelina on the Start of War in Ukraine

From Her Unfinished Book, “Looking at Women Looking at War”

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A War Zone Pediatrician on What Comes After the Horrors of a Gaza Emergency Room

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An architecture journal’s Palestine issue was abruptly shelved.

An architecture journal’s Palestine issue was abruptly shelved.

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