• Politics

    The Hub

    How Authors Against Book Bans helped defeat attempted library censorship in Florida.

     
    By James Folta  February 12, 2025
    Inequality

    The Great (Un)Equalizer: How Black and Native Families Struggle to Achieve Social Mobility Through Education

    By Eve L. Ewing  February 12, 2025
    craft advice

    From Community Organizer to Novelist: Alejandro Heredia Finds a Balance Between Art and Activism

    By Alejandro Heredia  February 12, 2025
    The Hub

    Late capitalism got you down? Join this (free!) Fredric Jameson study group.

    By Brittany Allen  February 11, 2025
    Nationalism

    How the Horrors of the 20th Century Shaped the Ongoing Moral Catastrophe in Gaza

    By Pankaj Mishra  February 11, 2025
    Gaza

    Mohammed El-Kurd on the Complexities of Victimhood, Resilience, and Portraying Palestinian Genocide

    By Hanna Phifer  February 11, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Reading Lists

    Truth and Reconciliation:
    Ten Books That Explore South Africa’s Identity

    By Lauren Francis-Sharma  February 11, 2025
    The Hub

    Gird your loins. We’re about to get a lot of really bad, state-sponsored art.

    By Brittany Allen  February 10, 2025
    The Hub

    Israeli police raided Palestinian-owned bookstores in Jerusalem and arrested the owners.

    By James Folta  February 10, 2025
    Gaza

    Looking the Palestinian in the Eye

    Nicki Kattoura on Mohammed El-Kurd’s “Perfect Victims”

    By Nicki Kattoura  February 12, 2025
    Gaza

    Invitation to a Die-In: Reflections on the MLA Walk Out for Palestine

    By Hannah Manshel  February 10, 2025
    The Hub

    The first issue of Reader’s Digest from 1922 is both shocking and relevant.

    By James Folta  February 7, 2025
    The Hub

    How librarians saved the day in World War II.

    By Brittany Allen  February 6, 2025
    Gaza

    For Andreas Malm, the Destruction of Gaza Runs Parallel to the Destruction of the Planet

    “This is the end of the world that never ends.”

    By Andreas Malm  February 6, 2025
    The Hub

    Libraries are already contending with crappy, AI-generated books.

    By James Folta  February 5, 2025
    Politics

    The Making of an Anti-Woke Zealot: How Elon Musk Was Infected with the MAGA Mind-Virus

    By Eoin Higgins  February 5, 2025
    Publishing

    What Publishing Can Do About Trump: Preserve the Independence of Our Bookstores and Libraries

    By Josh Cook  February 4, 2025
    Technology

    Cinema May Be Dying, But Shitposting is a Thriving New Artform

    Alex Rollins Berg on Paul Schrader’s Auteur-to-Edge Lord Trajectory

    By Alex Rollins Berg  February 3, 2025
    The Hub

    Here are the finalists for the second annual Inside Prize.

    By Brittany Allen  January 31, 2025
    Urbanism

    How Local and Federal Laws Disenfranchised a Generation of Black Homeowners

    By Bernadette Atuahene  January 31, 2025
    The Hub

    Keep important information about your rights close at hand with these bookmarks.

    By James Folta  January 30, 2025
    Trump Administration

    On Donald Trump’s Aborted Executive Order and the Future of Congressional Power

    Aron Solomon Unpacks the Legal Ramifications of the Latest Presidential Whim

    By Aron Solomon  January 30, 2025
    Budgets

    How Trump’s Illegal Administrative Coup Threatened Funding for Everything, Including Libraries.

    By James Folta  January 30, 2025
    The Hub

    Why are we so obsessed with political cartoons?

    By Brittany Allen  January 29, 2025
    The Hub

    What to read if you’re finally ready to loud quit your job.

    By Brittany Allen  February 10, 2025
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