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The Time Halldor Laxness Was Almost Deported from America

The Time Halldor Laxness Was Almost Deported from America

And How the ACLU Saved Him

By Halldór Guðmundsson | November 21, 2018

On the Manufactured

On the Manufactured "Sex Appeal" of Vladimir Putin

Lara Vapnyar Has Some Thoughts on Russia's Brutal, Bear-Wrestling "Husband"

By Lara Vapnyar | November 20, 2018

From Adderall to Opioids, the Personal Side of an American Tragedy

From Adderall to Opioids, the Personal Side of an American Tragedy

On the Silent Spread of a Nationwide Killer

By Chris McGreal | November 19, 2018

Glimpses of a Transformative Primary School in Johannesburg

Glimpses of a Transformative Primary School in Johannesburg

How Race and Class Divisions Still Shape South African Lives

By Malaika wa Azania | November 19, 2018

What the Stoic Philosophers Knew About Being Free

What the Stoic Philosophers Knew About Being Free

The Best Path to Freedom? First, Take a Breather.

By A.A. Long | November 16, 2018

The CIA-Soviet Culture Wars That Shaped American Art

The CIA-Soviet Culture Wars That Shaped American Art

Who's Afraid of Communist Writers?

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How America Remembers Emmett Till

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The Philosophy of the Belly Dancer

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Silicon Valley's Radical New Idea: Treat Employees Well

By Dan Lyons | November 7, 2018

How to Sell a Candidate to the Public: Andrew Jackson Edition

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By davidandjeanneheidler | November 6, 2018

Eula Biss: Grappling with Whiteness in Two Iowa Towns

Eula Biss: Grappling with Whiteness in Two Iowa Towns

"I saw my whiteness, dancing there, mocking me, daring me to try to understand it."

By Eula Biss | November 6, 2018

They Don't Kill Us Because of How We Pray

They Don't Kill Us Because of How We Pray

On Pittsburgh, Otherness, and the Virulence of Antisemitism

By Emily Geminder | November 5, 2018

Fascism is Not an Idea to Be Debated, It's a Set of Actions to Fight

Fascism is Not an Idea to Be Debated, It's a Set of Actions to Fight

Aleksandar Hemon on the Problem with Civility

By Aleksandar Hemon | November 1, 2018

Lewis Lapham: Of America and the Rise of the Stupefied Plutocrat

Lewis Lapham: Of America and the Rise of the Stupefied Plutocrat

"The record will show the game securely rigged in favor of the rich."

By Lewis Lapham | November 1, 2018

Never Again: Why We Must Vote

Never Again: Why We Must Vote

A Muslim Daughter of America on the Urgency of the 2018 Midterms

By Precious Rasheeda Muhammad | November 1, 2018

How Gerrymandering is Destroying American Democracy

How Gerrymandering is Destroying American Democracy

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By Greg Sargent | November 1, 2018

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