Turn and Face the Strange: Darcey Steinke on Our New Life with Masks

Turn and Face the Strange: Darcey Steinke on Our New Life with Masks

"When I look at masked people my brain still feels like its malfunctioning."

By Darcey Steinke | September 29, 2020

Why Are We Fascinated by Strange Faces?

Why Are We Fascinated by Strange Faces?

Namwali Serpell Considers the "Smiling Disease" Exhibit, the Elephant Man, Michael Jackson, and Cleopatra

By Namwali Serpell | September 29, 2020

Voting is Still One of Our Most Powerful Tools For Change

Voting is Still One of Our Most Powerful Tools For Change

John Freeman on How Every Election is a Chance to Rebuild

By John Freeman | September 29, 2020

Meet the PhD Student Inventing a New Scientific Language in Welsh

Meet the PhD Student Inventing a New Scientific Language in Welsh

On Bedwyr Ab Ion Thomas's Mission to Reach One
Million Welsh Speakers

By Ally Findley | September 29, 2020

The 10 Best Book Covers <br>of September

The 10 Best Book Covers
of September

You Want It Darker?

By Emily Temple | September 29, 2020

Funeral in Effigy for the Statue of a Klansman Confederate General

Funeral in Effigy for the Statue of a Klansman Confederate General

Connor Towne O’Neill on Reckoning with Monuments and Memory at a Tennessee University

By Connor Towne O'Neill | September 29, 2020

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On Wild Salmon, Hockey Dreams and Life in the Saanich Homeland

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The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, September Edition

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On <em>Watership Down</em>, Another Attempt to Stop Humans from Ruining the Planet

On Watership Down, Another Attempt to Stop Humans from Ruining the Planet

The Literary Disco Gang Discusses Richard Adams's Epic 1972 Novel

By Literary Disco | September 29, 2020

The Black Women Who Led the Fight for Decolonization in the French Empire

The Black Women Who Led the Fight for Decolonization in the French Empire

Annette Joseph-Gabriel Guests on Time to Eat the Dogs

By Time to Eat the Dogs | September 29, 2020

Ananya Roy on the Shared Struggles of Scholars and Activists

Ananya Roy on the Shared Struggles of Scholars and Activists

From The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | September 29, 2020

On the Liberation Struggles of the <br>Soviet Refuseniks

On the Liberation Struggles of the
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Natan Sharansky Recalls the Global Effort to Get Russian Jews to Israel

By Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy | September 29, 2020

<em>Dear Justyce</em> by Nic Stone, Read by Dion Graham

Dear Justyce by Nic Stone, Read by Dion Graham

A Timely Listen

By Behind the Mic | September 29, 2020

The Racist History and Political Ends of Taking Children

The Racist History and Political Ends of Taking Children

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | September 29, 2020

Why Does Everyone in America Think They’re Middle Class?

Why Does Everyone in America Think They’re Middle Class?

David R. Roediger on the Myth of American Exceptionalism

By David R. Roediger | September 28, 2020

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