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Is It Even Real? On the Conflation of Money and Things

Is It Even Real? On the Conflation of Money and Things

J.W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev Consider How Money Reflects the Physical World

By J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev | May 13, 2026

What’s with all the nostalgia for Obama-era New York?

What’s with all the nostalgia for Obama-era New York?

Why the 2000s are dominating books, music, and movies today.

By Brittany Allen | May 11, 2026

When a 15-Year-Old Martin Luther King Jr. Confronted Jim Crow on a Train

When a 15-Year-Old Martin Luther King Jr. Confronted Jim Crow on a Train

Lerone Martin on Segregation Aboard the Southern Railway

By Lerone Martin | May 11, 2026

How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

Louise Brangan on the Girls Who Disappeared in 20th-Century Ireland

By Louise Brangan | May 8, 2026

On the Aftermath of Conversion Therapy

On the Aftermath of Conversion Therapy

Davin Malasarn in Conversation With Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez

By Davin Malasarn | May 7, 2026

Unions are having a moment in publishing. Here’s why.

Unions are having a moment in publishing. Here’s why.

By Brittany Allen | May 6, 2026

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To Be Honest in Poetry Right Now is to Embrace the Abstract, Negative, and Weak

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Satire Isn’t Dead, We Just Misunderstand It

Satire Isn’t Dead, We Just Misunderstand It

Erin Van Der Meer on What We Get Wrong About Satire

By Erin Van Der Meer | May 1, 2026

What can we expect from Tim Heidecker’s <em>InfoWars</em>?

What can we expect from Tim Heidecker’s InfoWars?

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“Be the Change.” On the Misattributed Origins of a Popular Slogan

“Be the Change.” On the Misattributed Origins of a Popular Slogan

Benoit Denizet-Lewis Explores the Clash Between Progressive Activism and New Age Spirituality

By Benoit Denizet-Lewis | April 29, 2026

John Cougar Mellencamp Will Fight You: On the Rock ‘n’ Roll Rise of a Combative Heartland Leftist

John Cougar Mellencamp Will Fight You: On the Rock ‘n’ Roll Rise of a Combative Heartland Leftist

Erin Osmon Explores the Antiracist and Social Justice Ethos Underpinning the Midwestern Rocker’s Career

By Erin Osmon | April 29, 2026

What Erdoğan’s Rule Reveals About the Current State of Western Democracies

What Erdoğan’s Rule Reveals About the Current State of Western Democracies

Suzy Hansen on the Lasting Effects of Modern Authoritarianism in Turkey

By Suzy Hansen | April 29, 2026

On the Urgent Need to Dismantle Food Apartheid in the United States

On the Urgent Need to Dismantle Food Apartheid in the United States

Ashanté M. Reese Digs Into the Racialized Inequity in Food Access

By Ashanté M. Reese | April 29, 2026

Helen Benedict on Chronicling the Legacy of the Iraq War In Fiction

Helen Benedict on Chronicling the Legacy of the Iraq War In Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Soldier’s House

By Jane Ciabattari | April 28, 2026

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