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Selahattin Demirtaş Writes From a High Security Turkish Prison

Selahattin Demirtaş Writes From a High Security Turkish Prison

"The words in my head have never been so free."

By Selahattin Demirtaş | June 6, 2019

Why Cities Lose in Winner-Takes-All Elections

Why Cities Lose in Winner-Takes-All Elections

Jonathan A. Rodden on the Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide

By Jonathan A. Rodden | June 6, 2019

Can Democracy Survive Contemporary Capitalism?

Can Democracy Survive Contemporary Capitalism?

Astra Taylor on Democracy's Nonexistence and the Wealthy's Determination to Keep it Out of America

By Astra Taylor | June 5, 2019

70 Years of Misapplied Allegory: Happy Birthday <em>1984</em>!

70 Years of Misapplied Allegory: Happy Birthday 1984!

John Rodden on the Ways We Use Orwell to Talk About American Presidents

By John Rodden | June 5, 2019

Life on the Margins in a Kingdom of Cartels

Life on the Margins in a Kingdom of Cartels

On the Rise and Fall of Mexico's Narco Empire

By Dan Werb | June 5, 2019

Jill Lepore on Early American Ideas of Nationalism

Jill Lepore on Early American Ideas of Nationalism

"Inevitably, the age of national bootblacks and national oyster houses and national blacksmiths produced national history books."

By Jill Lepore | June 4, 2019

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The Dark Side of the
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By Ma Jian | June 3, 2019

How Ayn Rand Became the Spirit of Our Time

By Lisa Duggan | May 31, 2019

Ece Temelkuran's 7 Taxonomies of Global Populism

By Keen On | May 31, 2019

An Oral History of the Landmark Magazine for Trans Men That Became a Movement

An Oral History of the Landmark Magazine for Trans Men That Became a Movement

Amos Mac and Rocco Katastrophe on Original Plumbing

By Corinne Segal | May 30, 2019

Ece Temelkuran on Erdogan, Trump, and the Banality of Evil

Ece Temelkuran on Erdogan, Trump, and the Banality of Evil

What We Can Learn from the Decline of Turkish Democracy into Populist Dictatorship

By Ece Temelkuran | May 28, 2019

Cartoon Brexit villain Jacob Rees-Mogg's book is getting roasted by critics.

Cartoon Brexit villain Jacob Rees-Mogg's book is getting roasted by critics.

By Dan Sheehan | May 21, 2019

Anna Deavere Smith: Some Notes on <em>Notes from the Field</em>

Anna Deavere Smith: Some Notes on Notes from the Field

"It all starts with listening."

By Anna Deavere Smith | May 21, 2019

Ebony Thomas on Seeking the Fantastic When the World Tells You Not To

Ebony Thomas on Seeking the Fantastic When the World Tells You Not To

Writing Towards Magic as a Person of Color

By Ebony Elizabeth Thomas | May 21, 2019

In India, One Publisher's High-Stakes Fight for a Caste-Free Society

In India, One Publisher's High-Stakes Fight for a Caste-Free Society

Changing the Conversation One Book at a Time

By Liesl Schwabe | May 20, 2019

Ani DiFranco on Reproductive Freedom and Taking on the Patriarchy

Ani DiFranco on Reproductive Freedom and Taking on the Patriarchy

"I have had two abortions, I have borne two children."

By Ani DiFranco | May 20, 2019

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