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Letter From Minnesota: This Occupation is Strange But Familiar

Letter From Minnesota: This Occupation is Strange But Familiar

chaun webster on ICE in Minneapolis and the Limits of Language

By chaun webster | January 29, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: “Normalcy is Impossible Here. Normalcy is Violence.”

Letter From Minnesota: “Normalcy is Impossible Here. Normalcy is Violence.”

Michael Kleber-Diggs on the COVID-Era Echoes of ICE’s Occupation

By Michael Kleber-Diggs | January 29, 2026

“Stick Together and We’ll Win.” How to Get Inspired For the Minneapolis General Strike

“Stick Together and We’ll Win.” How to Get Inspired For the Minneapolis General Strike

Selected Readings From W.E.B. DuBois to Chris Hedges

By James Folta | January 29, 2026

Need a manuscript critique? This literary auction is raising money to support Minnesotans.

Need a manuscript critique? This literary auction is raising money to support Minnesotans.

By James Folta | January 28, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: <br>“Mad Means Something”

Letter From Minnesota:
“Mad Means Something”

Charles Baxter on the Rage of the Poet, and Its Power

By Charles Baxter | January 28, 2026

Letter to My Daughter After the Murder of a Poet in the Streets of Minneapolis

Letter to My Daughter After the Murder of a Poet in the Streets of Minneapolis

“Poetry is a testament to the failure of wolves.”

By Anonymous | January 28, 2026

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The Profound Link (and Love) Between Humans and Dogs

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Fatima Bhutto on Wolves, Dogs, and Writing About Love During Tragedies

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On Coretta Scott King’s Path to Civil Rights Activism

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Matthew F. Delmont Explores the Progressive Politics of Coretta Scott King

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The Unusual Suspects: Who Were the Main Players in the Black Dahlia Murder

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William J. Mann on Revisits the Almost Mythic 1947 Crime That Shocked America

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Rebecca Hall Reflects on Her Father’s Groundbreaking Book, <em>Negro Liberation</em>

Rebecca Hall Reflects on Her Father’s Groundbreaking Book, Negro Liberation

“Being a child of a famous Communist father, who had me when he was older than I am now, is a strange thing.”

By Rebecca Hall | January 27, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: <br>Can You Hear Us, America?

Letter From Minnesota:
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Bodies Fall, Not Ideas: <em>On the Zero Line</em> and the Urgency of Preserving Gaza’s Culture

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