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Decolonial Theory Should Not Be Safely Contained Within the Classroom

Why Poetics and Academic Practice Are Insufficient

By Evelyn Araluen | July 21, 2017

The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Gentrification

The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Gentrification

Brandon Harris on a Decade of Magical Thinking in Bed-Stuy

By Brandon Harris | July 20, 2017

Baldwin vs. Buckley: A Debate We Shouldn't Need, As Important As Ever

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Gabrielle Bellot on America's Foundational Divide

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 20, 2017

Disposable People, Dying to Build a City in the Desert

Disposable People, Dying to Build a City in the Desert

Behind the Exploitative Labor Practices that Inspired Temporary People

By Beenish Ahmed | July 20, 2017

Jane Austen, Political Symbol of Early Feminism

Jane Austen, Political Symbol of Early Feminism

On the Appearance of a Literary Icon at the First Women's Marches

By Devoney Looser | July 18, 2017

Looking at the Other in the Midst of War

Looking at the Other in the Midst of War

Sarah Sentilles on Empathy, Art, and Abu Ghraib

By Sarah Sentilles | July 17, 2017

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By Howard Zinn | July 12, 2017

When Are You Going To Write About Black People?

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"In Some Ways, Literature and the Arts Help to Make the World Bearable"

By Sam O'Hana | July 7, 2017

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Never-Before-Published Hannah Arendt on What Freedom and Revolution Really Mean

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