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Murat Çelikkan: Another Turkish Journalist in Prison for 'Unspecified Reasons'

Murat Çelikkan: Another Turkish Journalist in Prison for 'Unspecified Reasons'

A Day in the Life of a Jailed Writer and Human Rights Advocate

By Kaya Genç | January 31, 2020

14 Books You Should Read <br>in February

14 Books You Should Read
in February

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | January 31, 2020

It Was Never About Economic Anxiety: On the Book That Foresaw the Rise of Trump

It Was Never About Economic Anxiety: On the Book That Foresaw the Rise of Trump

Samuel Freedman Rereads 1975's Blue-Collar Aristocrats

By Samuel Freedman | January 30, 2020

The Professor Who Smuggled Intellectuals Out of<br> Nazi-Occupied France

The Professor Who Smuggled Intellectuals Out of
Nazi-Occupied France

Justus Rosenberg's Time in the Pyrenees: Walter Benjamin, Heinrich Mann, and More

By Justus Rosenberg | January 30, 2020

Actual cancel culture: White House threatens John Bolton about impending book.

Actual cancel culture: White House threatens John Bolton about impending book.

By Jonny Diamond | January 29, 2020

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo: <br>A Journey to the Home of My Ancestors

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo:
A Journey to the Home of My Ancestors

"If I could, I would have left a part of my body behind."

By Marcelo Hernandez Castillo | January 28, 2020

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  • The Ten Year Affair
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  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Poverty Hurts Children in Ways We’re Just Beginning to Understand

By Jeff Madrick | January 28, 2020

The Private Cost of Public Heroism: On Rosa Parks' Life in Detroit

By Susan Reyburn | January 28, 2020

John Bolton’s memoir probably wasn’t leaked by a heroic assistant editor.

By Jonny Diamond | January 27, 2020

Rewiring the American Mind: On Tracy K. Smith and the Future of America’s Civic Identity

Rewiring the American Mind: On Tracy K. Smith and the Future of America’s Civic Identity

Jonathan Reiber Considers the State of the Union in the Most Important Election Year in Its History

By Jonathan Reiber | January 27, 2020

Americans Are Right To Think the Economy Is Rigged

Americans Are Right To Think the Economy Is Rigged

Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn on the Tax Codes, Unequal Education, and Homegrown Inequality

By Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn | January 24, 2020

Silence at the Border: Telling the Hard Stories of Undocumented Immigration

Silence at the Border: Telling the Hard Stories of Undocumented Immigration

Javier Zamora on Marcelo Hernandez Castillo's Children of the Land

By Javier Zamora | January 24, 2020

How to Know If a Movie Actually Sucks or If the Russians Are Trying to Trick You

How to Know If a Movie Actually Sucks or If the Russians Are Trying to Trick You

Bob Garfield Has a Plan for Overhauling Media Literacy

By Bob Garfield | January 24, 2020

Writers are calling for a professor's reinstatement after he was fired for posting a political joke.

Writers are calling for a professor's reinstatement after he was fired for posting a political joke.

By Aaron Robertson | January 23, 2020

Striving for a Life of Normality in the Occupied West Bank

Striving for a Life of Normality in the Occupied West Bank

On the Simple (Yet Incredibly Complicated) Act of
Taking Children to the Beach

By Ilana Hammerman | January 22, 2020

The Legal Fight That Ended the Unjust Confinement of Mental Health Patients

The Legal Fight That Ended the Unjust Confinement of Mental Health Patients

Ayelet Waldman on the Landmark Case O’Connor v. Donaldson

By Ayelet Waldman | January 21, 2020

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