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When Bad Presidents Misbehave Do They Always Get<br> Away With It?

When Bad Presidents Misbehave Do They Always Get
Away With It?

Three Test Cases: Buchanan, Johnson, and Harding

By James M. Banner, Jr. | July 15, 2019

Why a 1980s Novel of Dystopian Patriarchy Still Speaks to Women Today

Why a 1980s Novel of Dystopian Patriarchy Still Speaks to Women Today

Leni Zumas on a New Edition of Suzette Haden Elgin's The Judas Rose

By Leni Zumas | July 15, 2019

How America Came Heartbreakingly Close to Universal Healthcare

How America Came Heartbreakingly Close to Universal Healthcare

Despite Funding Successful Socialized Medicine Abroad, the United States Opted for Profit

By Mike Magee | July 12, 2019

Why Report on Desire? Saskia Vogel on Reading Lisa Taddeo

Why Report on Desire? Saskia Vogel on Reading Lisa Taddeo

“We’re all capable of throwing everything away in a moment, if the desire is strong enough.”

By Saskia Vogel | July 12, 2019

Small Acts: Finding Friendship with My Online Spanish Teacher

Small Acts: Finding Friendship with My Online Spanish Teacher

Courtney Maum on the Way Worlds Open Up Through Language

By Courtney Maum | July 12, 2019

Elliot Ackerman and Anuradha Bhagwati on the Role of the Military in American Politics

Elliot Ackerman and Anuradha Bhagwati on the Role of the Military in American Politics

With Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 11, 2019

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The War on the Poor is Only Getting Worse

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On the Uncanny Adaptability of American Fast Food

By Adam Chandler | July 11, 2019

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By Rebecca Solnit | July 10, 2019

A Firsthand Account of a 10-Year-Old Girl Fleeing Guatemala for Mexico

A Firsthand Account of a 10-Year-Old Girl Fleeing Guatemala for Mexico

Claudia D. Hernández Heads for the Northern Border

By Claudia D. Hernández | July 10, 2019

Are there any actual guilty pleasures on this Politico reading list from DC “heavy hitters”?  

Are there any actual guilty pleasures on this Politico reading list from DC “heavy hitters”?  

By Jonny Diamond | July 9, 2019

We Need a New American Holiday Commemorating the 14th Amendment

We Need a New American Holiday Commemorating the 14th Amendment

Anthony McCann on the Constitutional Confusion of the So-Called American Patriot Movement

By Anthony McCann | July 9, 2019

The Problem of Neoliberal Realism in Contemporary Fiction

The Problem of Neoliberal Realism in Contemporary Fiction

Madeline ffitch on the Politics of "Conflict" in the Stories We Tell

By Madeline ffitch | July 9, 2019

How Fiction Fuses the Incompatible Realities of Religion and Comedy

How Fiction Fuses the Incompatible Realities of Religion and Comedy

Randy Boyagoda on Religious-Political Satire

By Randy Boyagoda | July 9, 2019

The American Ballpark: Public Space or Private Playground?

The American Ballpark: Public Space or Private Playground?

Whitney Terrell on Class, Race, Baseball, and a New Book by Paul Goldberger

By Whitney Terrell | July 8, 2019

When the World Matches the Apocalypse in Your Novel

When the World Matches the Apocalypse in Your Novel

Kimi Eisele on Finding Light in the Darkness of a Financial Dystopia

By Kimi Eisele | July 8, 2019

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