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The Scientific Case for Calling the President a Motherf*cker

The Scientific Case for Calling the President a Motherf*cker

Emma Byrne on the Rhetorical Power of Profanity

By Emma Byrne | January 11, 2019

Why Does Women's Writing About Relationships Need to be “Relatable”?

Why Does Women's Writing About Relationships Need to be “Relatable”?

Hint: It's a Word Men Use to Describe Their Writing in Order to Diminish It

By Blythe Roberson | January 10, 2019

The Intersectionality Wars: Does the Term Even Mean Anything Anymore?

The Intersectionality Wars: Does the Term Even Mean Anything Anymore?

Jennifer C. Nash on the Labor of Black Feminists

By Jennifer C. Nash | January 7, 2019

When Privilege Confronts Its Past: On the Mexican-American Dream

When Privilege Confronts Its Past: On the Mexican-American Dream

From Coyote to Maid and Back Again

By Angela Morales | January 4, 2019

When American Artists Tried to Start a Television Revolution

When American Artists Tried to Start a Television Revolution

From Fluxus to Abbie Hoffman, Between Warhol and Castro...

By John J. Curley | January 4, 2019

MLK's Radical Alternative to Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty

MLK's Radical Alternative to Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty

An “Economic Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged"

By Sylvie Laurent | January 2, 2019

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What Happened to Nicolás Maduro's "Socialism"?

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Margaret Atwood: If We Lose the Free Press, We Cease to Be a Democracy

By Margaret Atwood | December 20, 2018

Imagining a Black, Queer Aboriginal Melbourne

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My Year of Writing Anonymously

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Stacey D'Erasmo on the Freedom of Losing a Byline

By Stacey D'Erasmo | December 11, 2018

On James Baldwin's Dispatches from the Heart of the Civil Rights Movement

On James Baldwin's Dispatches from the Heart of the Civil Rights Movement

The Making of an Iconic Essayist

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Writing As Action? On the Moral Urgency of the Migrant Crisis

Writing As Action? On the Moral Urgency of the Migrant Crisis

Patrick Chamoiseau: "A barbaric night has settled on the global conscience."

By Patrick Chamoiseau | December 5, 2018

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If I Miss a Writing Day, I Have to Pay Donald Trump

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On the Infinite Fault Lines of Contemporary Life

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The Aesthetics of the Dictator

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For British Socialists, Fairy Tales Were the Best Way to Get the Message Out

For British Socialists, Fairy Tales Were the Best Way to Get the Message Out

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