What Langston Hughes Understood About How Power Relations Shaped US Census Data

What Langston Hughes Understood About How Power Relations Shaped US Census Data

Dan Bouk on “Madam and the Census Man” and the Untold Stories Behind Census Records

By Dan Bouk | August 23, 2022

A Brief Political—and Personal—History of Gay Bathhouses

A Brief Political—and Personal—History of Gay Bathhouses

Rasheed Newson on Sexually Accommodating Spaces as Community Hubs, and the Moral Panics That Destroyed Them

By Rasheed Newson | August 23, 2022

Mike Rothschild on the Ongoing Influence of QAnon and Its Self-Made Mythologies

Mike Rothschild on the Ongoing Influence of QAnon and Its Self-Made Mythologies

“Conspiracy theories will always be popular, because they make you feel like you’re smart, important, and part of a community.”

By Mike Rothschild | August 22, 2022

How the French Revolution and the January 6 American Insurrection Are Bookends in the Struggle for Democracy

How the French Revolution and the January 6 American Insurrection Are Bookends in the Struggle for Democracy

Laura Mason in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | August 22, 2022

How an Unlucky Texas Fisherman Stumbled Upon an Environmental Catastrophe

How an Unlucky Texas Fisherman Stumbled Upon an Environmental Catastrophe

Kirk Wallace Johnson on the Dark Side of America’s Gulf Coast

By Kirk Wallace Johnson | August 22, 2022

The End of Bias: How to Create a More Just (and Prosperous) World

The End of Bias: How to Create a More Just (and Prosperous) World

Jessica Nordell in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | August 22, 2022

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Mary Gaitskill on the Challenges—and Risks—of Writing Political Fiction

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On Carlos Ghosn and the Limits of Davos Man and the Globalized Neoliberal Order

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A young Russian soldier has written a scathing account of Putin’s inept war.

A young Russian soldier has written a scathing account of Putin’s inept war.

By Jonny Diamond | August 18, 2022

Fascism Past and Present: Anthony Marra on What the Censorship of 1940s Hollywood and Italy Can Teach Us

Fascism Past and Present: Anthony Marra on What the Censorship of 1940s Hollywood and Italy Can Teach Us

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

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How White Parents Shirk Their Moral Responsibility to the Common Good Under the Cover of Responsible Parenting

How White Parents Shirk Their Moral Responsibility to the Common Good Under the Cover of Responsible Parenting

Courtney E. Martin on the Many Ways of Asking the School Question

By Courtney E. Martin | August 18, 2022

How Covid Compounded All the Best and Worst Things About the America of the 2020s

How Covid Compounded All the Best and Worst Things About the America of the 2020s

Eli Saslow in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 18, 2022

Famous writers will “Stand with Salman Rushdie” on the steps of the NYPL this Friday.

Famous writers will “Stand with Salman Rushdie” on the steps of the NYPL this Friday.

By Jonny Diamond | August 17, 2022

QAnon: Threat to Civilization or Childish Distraction For the Digital Underclass?

QAnon: Threat to Civilization or Childish Distraction For the Digital Underclass?

Mike Rothschild in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 17, 2022

What Afghan War Veterans Can Teach America About Listening Empathically to Our “Enemies”

What Afghan War Veterans Can Teach America About Listening Empathically to Our “Enemies”

Christopher Kolenda in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 17, 2022

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