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Letter From Minnesota: Life Inside an Economic Blockade

Letter From Minnesota: Life Inside an Economic Blockade

Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on the Brutal Impact of ICE on Twin City Businesses

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | February 10, 2026

Why Does Contemporary Fascism Fetishize the Classics?

Why Does Contemporary Fascism Fetishize the Classics?

“...martial power, imperial grandeur, regimented hierarchy, stoic obedience...”

By Ed Simon | February 10, 2026

It’s hypocritical to denounce book bans while publishing their defenders.

It’s hypocritical to denounce book bans while publishing their defenders.

By James Folta | February 9, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: Echoes of the Other Occupation

Letter From Minnesota: Echoes of the Other Occupation

Josina Manu Maltzman Finds Parallels, For Good and Ill, Between Palestine and the Twin Cities

By Josina Manu Maltzman | February 9, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: A Brief History of ICE in Poems

Letter From Minnesota: A Brief History of ICE in Poems

Đenise Hạnh Huỳnh: “rainbows of women are beaten & shot in our streets”

By Đenise Hạnh Huỳnh | February 9, 2026

How Gerrymandering Helps Republicans Maintain Power in Texas and Georgia

How Gerrymandering Helps Republicans Maintain Power in Texas and Georgia

Anjali Enjeti on the Systematic Dismantlement of Multiracial Voting Coalitions Across the Country

By Anjali Enjeti | February 9, 2026

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This Week in Literary History: Voltaire Returns to Paris from Exile and 300 People Come to Visit

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By Brittany Allen | February 6, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: There is No Time for Mom Guilt

Letter From Minnesota: There is No Time for Mom Guilt

Kaia Preus: “We cannot become engulfed in what we could or should have done.”

By Kaia Preus | February 6, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: Our Community Grows Stronger by the Week

Letter From Minnesota: Our Community Grows Stronger by the Week

Laurie Hertzel on Finding Solidarity Amidst the Tear Gas

By Laurie Hertzel | February 6, 2026

Two stories about paranoia for our conspiratorial moment.

Two stories about paranoia for our conspiratorial moment.

By James Folta | February 5, 2026

Can Zohran Mamdani Survive at the Intersection of Identity Politics and Democratic Socialism?

Can Zohran Mamdani Survive at the Intersection of Identity Politics and Democratic Socialism?

Mychal Denzel Smith on the New Mayor’s Uncertain Relationship With New York’s Black Voters

By Mychal Denzel Smith | February 5, 2026

Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files

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Behavior of Powerful Men

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Letter From Minnesota: We Are a People Born and Bred of Organizers

Letter From Minnesota: We Are a People Born and Bred of Organizers

Marcie R. Rendon on the Importance of Doing the Right Thing

By Marcie R. Rendon | February 5, 2026

<em>The Washington Post</em> is gutting its books coverage.

The Washington Post is gutting its books coverage.

By Brittany Allen | February 4, 2026

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