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Word Are Deeds: Rebecca Solnit the Power of Speech to Shape the Future

Word Are Deeds: Rebecca Solnit the Power of Speech to Shape the Future

“Your opponents would love you to believe that it’s hopeless, that you have no power.”

By Rebecca Solnit | July 3, 2024

Gaza Diaries: “We Left Our Souls at Home.”

Gaza Diaries: “We Left Our Souls at Home.”

From Heba Al-Agha’s Account of the last Eight Months of Israel’s War on Gaza (trans. Julia Choucair Vizoso)

By Heba Al-Agha and Julia Choucair Vizoso | July 3, 2024

Remembering Samuel Roth, the Bookseller Who Defied America’s Obscenity Laws

Remembering Samuel Roth, the Bookseller Who Defied America’s Obscenity Laws

Ed Simon on Free Speech, Book Bans and Court-Mandated Censorship, Then and Now

By Ed Simon | July 3, 2024

Support One Moment, Racism the Next: On Being a Black Nigerian Man in America

Support One Moment, Racism the Next: On Being a Black Nigerian Man in America

Samuel Kọláwọlé Recounts His Painful Entry Into the United States

By Samuel Kóláwólé | July 3, 2024

How Do We Balance the Needs of the Earth With the Needs of Humanity?

How Do We Balance the Needs of the Earth With the Needs of Humanity?

C.L. Skach Considers the Arbitrary Nature of the Laws That Govern Our Relationship With the Land

By C. L. Skach | July 2, 2024

Is it the summer of the brat?

Is it the summer of the brat?

By Brittany Allen | July 1, 2024

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75 Years of <em>1984</em>: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever

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Roe, Dobbs, and Reproductive Justice Lit: A Reading List for Abortion Advocacy

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Why American Journalists Should Be Outraged About the Dozens of Palestinian Journalists Jailed in Israel

Why American Journalists Should Be Outraged About the Dozens of Palestinian Journalists Jailed in Israel

"If journalism is not a crime, then it should not be treated as a crime by any government for any journalist."

By Steven W. Thrasher | June 21, 2024

How Activists Across the Pacific Northwest Planned the 1999 Seattle WTO Protests

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DW Gibson Looks Back on the Environmentalist and Anti-Globalization Movements of the 1990s

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Nikole Hannah-Jones Reflects on the Most Important Historical Project of Our Generation

Nikole Hannah-Jones Reflects on the Most Important Historical Project of Our Generation

In Conversation with Channler Twyman on Five Years of "The 1619 Project"

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