Inside Mexican Feminists’ Fight For Safe and Legal Abortion

Inside Mexican Feminists’ Fight For Safe and Legal Abortion

Rebecca Grant on the Battle for Reproductive Freedom in Latin America and Throughout the World

By Rebecca Grant | June 24, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Vulnerability

Mahmoud Khalil, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Vulnerability

Steven W. Thrasher on Two Men Who Are Showing Us a Better Way

By Steven W. Thrasher | June 23, 2025

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

Ed Simon Looks at Eduard Limonov, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Yukio Mishima, and Others

By Ed Simon | June 23, 2025

How <em>Sex and the City</em> Exemplifies Late 20th-Century Feminist Despair

How Sex and the City Exemplifies Late 20th-Century Feminist Despair

Alice Bolin on the Possibilities and Pitfalls of Gender Relations Amidst Women’s Ongoing Struggle For Sexual Autonomy

By Alice Bolin | June 23, 2025

On Egypt’s Unjust Incarceration of the Writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, and the Hunger Strike of Dr. Laila Soueif

On Egypt’s Unjust Incarceration of the Writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, and the Hunger Strike of Dr. Laila Soueif

Margaret Busby on a Mother’s Hunger Strike for Her Imprisoned Son

By Margaret Busby | June 20, 2025

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | June 20, 2025

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“Politics is Everywhere.” A Close and Highly Critical Reading of English PEN’s Charter

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Welcome to Pensacola, Florida, America’s Book-Banning Capital

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How a Single Court Case Could Determine the Future of Book Banning in America

How a Single Court Case Could Determine the Future of Book Banning in America

Anthony Aycock on “Little v. Llano County” and the Increasingly Imperiled Freedom to Read in America

By Anthony Aycock | June 17, 2025

What Does It Mean To Be a Working Class Writer at Iowa Writers’ Workshop?

What Does It Mean To Be a Working Class Writer at Iowa Writers’ Workshop?

Lee Cole on the Absence of Working Class Perspectives in our Literary Institutions

By Lee Cole | June 17, 2025

A Writer For Our Time: Why John le Carré's Work Remains More Essential Than Ever

A Writer For Our Time: Why John le Carré's Work Remains More Essential Than Ever

Rav Grewal-Kök on the Enduring Literary Legacy of an Undisputed Master of the Spy Novel

By Rav Grewal-Kök | June 16, 2025

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | June 13, 2025

Here's everything that's making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here's everything that's making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | June 13, 2025

How Donald Trump’s Truculent Retro Masculinity Duped Working Class Men

How Donald Trump’s Truculent Retro Masculinity Duped Working Class Men

Joan C. Williams on the Economic and Emotional Factors Behind the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in America

By Joan C. Williams | June 13, 2025

Liberating Lit: Iryn Tushabe on Writing Stories of African Black Queer Joy Under Oppression

Liberating Lit: Iryn Tushabe on Writing Stories of African Black Queer Joy Under Oppression

The Author of “Everything Is Fine Here” Recalls a Seminal “This American Life” Episode

By Iryn Tushabe | June 13, 2025

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