When Incarceration Comes Home: On Prison “Reforms” That Still Do Harm

When Incarceration Comes Home: On Prison “Reforms” That Still Do Harm

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | September 15, 2021

<em>New Yorker </em>editor calls out her own magazine for woeful record on diversity.

New Yorker editor calls out her own magazine for woeful record on diversity.

By Jonny Diamond | September 14, 2021

Why an Early Feminist Advocated for the Right to Divorce

Why an Early Feminist Advocated for the Right to Divorce

Puerto Rican Activist Luisa Capetillo on the Trap of Being a Mother “Who Knows How to Do It All”

By Luisa Capetillo | September 14, 2021

One more reason Amazon’s almighty algorithm is bad for us.

One more reason Amazon’s almighty algorithm is bad for us.

By Jonny Diamond | September 13, 2021

Nicaragua has ordered the arrest of award-winning author Sergio Ramírez.

Nicaragua has ordered the arrest of award-winning author Sergio Ramírez.

By Dan Sheehan | September 10, 2021

“I Would Not Take Prisoners.” Tolstoy’s Case Against Making War Humane

“I Would Not Take Prisoners.” Tolstoy’s Case Against Making War Humane

Samuel Moyn Considers Prince Andrei, Carl von Clausewitz, and the Rules of War

By Samuel Moyn | September 10, 2021

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Assimilation and Erasure: How Imposter Syndrome Traps People of Color

By Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez | September 10, 2021

The Guardian published a Judith Butler interview—and then deleted an answer about TERFS.

By Walker Caplan | September 9, 2021

Writing Black Essays in White People’s Houses

By Jill Louise Busby | September 9, 2021

Philip Stephens on Not-So-Great Britain

Philip Stephens on Not-So-Great Britain

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 9, 2021

Anne Sebba on Ethel Rosenberg’s Early Days

Anne Sebba on Ethel Rosenberg’s Early Days

This Week from Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | September 9, 2021

On the Race to a COVID Vaccine (and Power, and Profit)

On the Race to a COVID Vaccine (and Power, and Profit)

Adam Tooze on a Remarkable Scientific Victory

By Adam Tooze | September 8, 2021

On Miss America’s Brief—But Real—Activist Phase

On Miss America’s Brief—But Real—Activist Phase

When the Pageant Gave Airtime to Advocacy to Draw Viewers

By Amy Argetsinger | September 7, 2021

When Ray Bradbury Asked John F. Kennedy if He Could Help with the Space Race

When Ray Bradbury Asked John F. Kennedy if He Could Help with the Space Race

“I would be glad to help promote the Space Age as we would all like to see it promoted.”

By Shaun Usher | September 7, 2021

How White Violence Turned a Peaceful Civil Rights Demonstration Into Mayhem

How White Violence Turned a Peaceful Civil Rights Demonstration Into Mayhem

Winfred Rembert on Protesting in the Jim Crow South and Getting Arrested

By Winfred Rembert as told to Erin I. Kelly | September 7, 2021

A Nazi sympathizer has been sentenced by a court to . . . read more Jane Austen.

A Nazi sympathizer has been sentenced by a court to . . . read more Jane Austen.

By Walker Caplan | September 3, 2021

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