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Why We Have Police: Race, Class, and Labor Control

Why We Have Police: Race, Class, and Labor Control

Philip V. McHarris Traces a Line Through American Chattel Slavery, Reconstruction, Civil Rights, and the “War on Drugs”

By Philip V. McHarris | August 4, 2021

On Lebanon’s Water Crisis and the Long Fallout of the Civil War

On Lebanon’s Water Crisis and the Long Fallout of the Civil War

Charif Majdalani Traces a History of Corrupt Politicians, Deregulation, and Climate Catastrophe

By Charif Majdalani | August 4, 2021

Michael Knox Beran on the Rise and Fall of WASP Culture

Michael Knox Beran on the Rise and Fall of WASP Culture

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 4, 2021

Here’s why Terry Pratchett’s daughter and Neil Gaiman are fighting with transphobes on Twitter.

Here’s why Terry Pratchett’s daughter and Neil Gaiman are fighting with transphobes on Twitter.

By Walker Caplan | August 3, 2021

Reading is a Political Encounter: On Violence, Language, and Selective Forgetting

Reading is a Political Encounter: On Violence, Language, and Selective Forgetting

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi Finds Lessons in History, From Tehran to Orange County

By Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi | August 3, 2021

Sarah Damaske on How Unemployment Shapes Families

Sarah Damaske on How Unemployment Shapes Families

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 3, 2021

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How Philosophy Failed the Pandemic, Or: When Did Agamben Become Alex Jones?

By Benjamin Bratton | August 2, 2021

Is New York City Doing Enough to Prepare for the Next Catastrophic Flood?

By Christina Conklin and Marina Psaros | July 30, 2021

Jonathan Rapping on How to End Mass Incarceration in America

By Keen On | July 30, 2021

New Fiction From PEN America’s DREAMing Out Loud: “Stateless: 2053”

New Fiction From PEN America’s DREAMing Out Loud: “Stateless: 2053”

Speculative Fiction by Juan David Gastolomendo

By Juan David Gastolomendo | July 30, 2021

Stones for Goliath: On Biden’s Fight Against Digital Monopolists

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This Week on the Radio Open Source Podcast

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Kathie Klarreich: How Working with Incarcerated People Has Changed My Life

Kathie Klarreich: How Working with Incarcerated People Has Changed My Life

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | July 30, 2021

New Yorker Union members have unanimously voted to ratify their first contract.

New Yorker Union members have unanimously voted to ratify their first contract.

By Walker Caplan | July 29, 2021

What is the Point of Children’s Books About the Climate Crisis?

What is the Point of Children’s Books About the Climate Crisis?

Writers Consider What Books Can, and Can't, Do for Kids

By Megan Otto | July 29, 2021

Ursula Burns on the Dangers of Exceptionalism

Ursula Burns on the Dangers of Exceptionalism

This Week from Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

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The U.S. has finally taken back the Epic of Gilgamesh . . . from Hobby Lobby.

The U.S. has finally taken back the Epic of Gilgamesh . . . from Hobby Lobby.

By Walker Caplan | July 28, 2021

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