Maurice Carlos Ruffin on Being a Patriotic Black Southerner

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on Being a Patriotic Black Southerner

"I know our past, and I know our pain."

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin | July 3, 2019

Jhumpa Lahiri and Hari Kunzru Reflect on America's Immigration Crisis

Jhumpa Lahiri and Hari Kunzru Reflect on America's Immigration Crisis

On the Eve of the 4th of July, PEN America Looks to the Immigration Crisis

By Literary Hub | July 3, 2019

The Togolese

The Togolese "Fixer" Who Helps Immigrants Play the U.S. Visa Lottery

Is the Path to Citizenship a Question of Trial and Error?

By Charles Piot | July 3, 2019

Nadifa Mohamed and Aleksandar Hemon: What It Means to Be Displaced

Nadifa Mohamed and Aleksandar Hemon: What It Means to Be Displaced

On Community, Violence, and Telling Stories of Trauma

By Literary Hub | July 1, 2019

In Cairo, the Garbage Collector Knows Everything

In Cairo, the Garbage Collector Knows Everything

Peter Hessler on the Lives of a Neighborhood, Seen Through the Trash

By Peter Hessler | July 1, 2019

The Torture of Being Trapped in an Australian Refugee Detention Center

The Torture of Being Trapped in an Australian Refugee Detention Center

Behrouz Boochani Recounts the Injustices in Manus Island Prison

By Behrouz Boochani | June 28, 2019

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Irin Carmon and Jay Wexler Talk Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, and More

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Julianne Moore on Gun Violence and the Women Fighting to Stop It

By Julianne Moore | June 27, 2019

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Introduction to Activism: <br>A Reading List

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Moms Demand Action's Founder Shannon Watts Shares the Books that Taught Her to Organize

By Shannon Watts | June 27, 2019

Debate Prep: what the critics wrote about every Democratic presidential candidate's memoir

Debate Prep: what the critics wrote about every Democratic presidential candidate's memoir

By Dan Sheehan | June 26, 2019

The Many Ways We Create the 'Other'

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Louise Aronson on the Contemporary Othering of the Elderly

By Louise Aronson | June 25, 2019

On Toxic Corporate Culture in Contemporary Fiction

On Toxic Corporate Culture in Contemporary Fiction

Johanna Berkman Reads Novels by Elisabeth Cohen, Halle Butler, and Lydia Kiesling

By Johanna Berkman | June 24, 2019

Instructions for Survival in a Country Where 20 Percent of the People Want You to Leave

Instructions for Survival in a Country Where 20 Percent of the People Want You to Leave

Jonas Hassen Khemiri on Life in Sweden's Polarized Political Reality

By Jonas Hassen Khemiri | June 24, 2019

How a Single Violent Crime Tells the Story of U.S.-Japan Relations in Okinawa

How a Single Violent Crime Tells the Story of U.S.-Japan Relations in Okinawa

On the Long Shadow of American Empire

By Akemi Johnson | June 24, 2019

On John Wayne, Cancel Culture, and the Art of Problematic Artists

On John Wayne, Cancel Culture, and the Art of Problematic Artists

Wrestling with the Legacy of an American Icon

By Tyler Malone | June 21, 2019

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