• Politics

    The Hub

    Reminder: Boris Johnson wrote a racist novel in 2004.

    By Jonny Diamond  December 10, 2019
    Drugs

    The Hypocrisy of Big Business’ Relationship to Cannabis

    By Lauren Michele Jackson  December 10, 2019
    The Cold War

    How Berlin Reckons with Its Past Each and Every Day

    By Paul Scraton  December 10, 2019
    Black Women's Writing

    What Audre Lorde Learned in Berlin About Afro-German Identity

    By Gabrielle Hickmon  December 10, 2019
    The Hub

    This is bad: Chinese “library officials” burn books that contradict party line.

    By Jonny Diamond  December 9, 2019
    Controversies

    Ignoble: On the Trail of Peter Handke’s Bosnian Illusions

    By John Erik Riley  December 9, 2019
    Brexit

    Never Mind the Ballots: On the Unholy Interplay Between
    Punk and Brexit

    By Fintan O'Toole  December 9, 2019
    Philosophy

    Michael Schur on Peter Singer’s Moral Challenge to
    the Rest of Us

    By Michael Schur  December 4, 2019
    World War II

    On the Eve of WWII:
    Three Days Before the Bombing of Paris

    By Françoise Frenkel  December 3, 2019
    But That's Another Story

    Michael Eric Dyson on Faith, Blackness, and Jay Z’s Appreciation for Language

    By But That's Another Story  December 2, 2019
    New Books Network

    C.P. Lesley and Charles Todd Talk Victorian Sleuths and the Toll of WWI

    By New Books Network  December 2, 2019
    The Hub

    The anonymous author of A Warning has answered some of the public’s questions.

    By Emily Temple  November 27, 2019
    Political History

    Remember, Remember Where the Word ‘Guy’ Comes From

    By Allan Metcalf  November 27, 2019
    Reading Women

    Maaza Mengiste on Women Pushing to the Front Lines of Conflict

    By Reading Women  November 27, 2019
    The Hub

    West Virginia prison system seeks to profit from inmates desire to read books.

    By Jonny Diamond  November 26, 2019
    Fiction vs. Nonfiction

    How We See Iran: A Brief History of Fictions at a Distance

    By Ali Araghi  November 26, 2019
    The Hub

    Neal Katyal’s new book about impeachment will help you survive Thanksgiving arguments with Uncle Flat Tax.

    By Jonny Diamond  November 25, 2019
    Publishing

    Naguib Mahfouz’s Daughter Fights to Preserve Her Father’s Legacy

    By Karim Zidan  November 25, 2019
    Climate Change Library

    Hopepunk and Solarpunk: On Climate Narratives That Go Beyond the Apocalypse

    By Alyssa Hull  November 22, 2019
    News and Culture

    On the Great Secret-Keepers
    of History

    By Courtney Taylor  November 21, 2019
    Economics

    When a City Goes Bankrupt: A Brief History of Detroit c. 2010

    By Jodie Adams Kirshner  November 21, 2019
    American Diplomacy

    American Diplomacy After Benghazi

    By Paul Richter  November 20, 2019
    World War II

    Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War

    By Serhii Plokhy  November 20, 2019
    Inequality

    Malcolm Garcia Documents the Lives of America’s Have-Nots

    By Dale Maharidge  November 20, 2019
    Reading Women

    Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women’s Fiction Award

    By Reading Women  November 20, 2019
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