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What is Essential? And Who?

What is Essential? And Who?

Siri Hustvedt on What the World Values When It's Falling Apart

By Siri Hustvedt | July 22, 2020

How John Steinbeck's Final Novel Grappled With Immigration and Morality

How John Steinbeck's Final Novel Grappled With Immigration and Morality

When White Privilege Interrogates Itself in Literature

By Tobias Carroll | July 22, 2020

Why Did Republicans Abandon<br> American Idealism?

Why Did Republicans Abandon
American Idealism?

Anne Applebaum on Political and Cultural Despair

By Anne Applebaum | July 21, 2020

Where Is Black Life Lived?

Where Is Black Life Lived?

A Letter Home from Joshua Bennett

By Joshua Bennett | July 21, 2020

Jarvis Masters Writes From Death Row in San Quentin as Covid-19 Spreads Unchecked

Jarvis Masters Writes From Death Row in San Quentin as Covid-19 Spreads Unchecked

this deadly virus? Please."">"Who are we really trusting to deal with this contagion,
this deadly virus? Please."

By Jarvis Masters | July 21, 2020

How to Write a Timely Novel in a World That Won't Stop Changing

How to Write a Timely Novel in a World That Won't Stop Changing

David James Poissant on Capturing a Moment as It Passes

By David James Poissant | July 20, 2020

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When an Iconic Artist is Claimed By Both the Left and the Right

By Tobias Carroll | July 17, 2020

Inside a Reporters Notebook at the US-Mexico Border

By Jacob Soboroff | July 17, 2020

Under Dictatorship, Silence is as Dangerous as Protest

By Tahar Ben Jelloun | July 17, 2020

The Misleading Neoliberal Promise of the Risk Expert

The Misleading Neoliberal Promise of the Risk Expert

Oliver Broudy on the Birth of the "Acceptable Risk" Class

By Oliver Broudy | July 16, 2020

On the American Election to Avoid WWIII

On the American Election to Avoid WWIII

Inside the Beginning of Truman's Presidential Campaign

By A. J. Baime | July 16, 2020

Can the German Path to Truth and Reconciliation Work in America?

Can the German Path to Truth and Reconciliation Work in America?

Paul Scraton on How We Choose to Remember (and What We Choose to Forget)

By Paul Scraton | July 15, 2020

On the School-to-Prison Pipeline, and Being Unable to Protect Those You Love

On the School-to-Prison Pipeline, and Being Unable to Protect Those You Love

Melissa Valentine Reads a Letter From Prison

By Melissa Valentine | July 15, 2020

Has Free Speech Become an Even More Partisan Issue Under the Trump Administration?

Has Free Speech Become an Even More Partisan Issue Under the Trump Administration?

Suzanne Nossel on the Increasing Politicization of the First Amendment

By Suzanne Nossel | July 15, 2020

A former Mueller prosecutor's upcoming book will cover

A former Mueller prosecutor's upcoming book will cover "mistakes" the team made.

By Corinne Segal | July 14, 2020

On the Social Power (and Limits) of Twitter Activism

On the Social Power (and Limits) of Twitter Activism

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