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Cinema Amid the Ruins: </br>How Two Sisters Built a Movie Theater For the Children of Gaza

Cinema Amid the Ruins:
How Two Sisters Built a Movie Theater For the Children of Gaza

“When we see the effect of a film on their faces, we know that we have succeeded.”

By Husam Maarouf | October 21, 2026

How AI Changes the Fundamental Structure of the Classroom—Especially the Segregated Ones

How AI Changes the Fundamental Structure of the Classroom—Especially the Segregated Ones

Kamau Bobb on Artificial Intelligence in Education and America‘s Racial Caste System

By Kamau Bobb | October 21, 2026

How the Communist Party of China Became the Most Successful Political Party in the World

How the Communist Party of China Became the Most Successful Political Party in the World

Paul Mason on the Global History of Communism

By Paul Mason | October 21, 2026

Truong Tran on Channeling the Violence of White Supremacy Into Art

Truong Tran on Channeling the Violence of White Supremacy Into Art

“This violence at best is metaphorical violence. It’s art. What is a metaphor when in reality?”

By Truong Tran | October 21, 2026

On Writing About Syria’s Uyghur Community As a Chinese-American

On Writing About Syria’s Uyghur Community As a Chinese-American

Emily Feng Considers the Challenges of Navigating Trauma and Identity in a Post-War Context

By Emily Feng | October 19, 2026

Enough With Your Lost Cause: The Treasonous Confederacy Was Never a Nation

Enough With Your Lost Cause: The Treasonous Confederacy Was Never a Nation

Connor Williams on the Myth of the United States Confederacy

By Connor Williams | October 19, 2026

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By James Folta | October 16, 2026

Photographing the Radical Change of 1960s and 70s America

By Jean-Pierre Laffont and Eliane Laffont | October 16, 2026

Trying to Move Past the Endless Stereotyping of the “Rural American”

By Amy Olberding | October 16, 2026

Anand Giridharadas on How the Reverend Al Sharpton Works to Shape Narratives of Justice

Anand Giridharadas on How the Reverend Al Sharpton Works to Shape Narratives of Justice

Looking Into “Sharpton’s horizontally integrated machinery of justice seeking could be powerful.”

By Anand Giridharadas | October 16, 2026

How a Novel is Born Among the Superyachts of Monaco

How a Novel is Born Among the Superyachts of Monaco

Frank Huyler on the Inequalities Laid Bare By Covid

By Frank Huyler | October 15, 2026

Five Essential Books for Understanding North Korea’s Cult of Personality

Five Essential Books for Understanding North Korea’s Cult of Personality

Cundill History Prize Finalist Jonathan Cheng Recommends Barbara Demick, Richard E. Kim, and More

By Jonathan Cheng | October 15, 2026

After Nickel Mines: On Guns and Other Forms of Self-Protection

After Nickel Mines: On Guns and Other Forms of Self-Protection

Jaclyn Gilbert Reflects on the Long Shadow of an Act of Mass Violence

By Jaclyn Gilbert | October 15, 2026

Huzzah! Ross Douthat’s YA fantasy novel is moving from Substack to bookshelves!

Huzzah! Ross Douthat’s YA fantasy novel is moving from Substack to bookshelves!

By James Folta | October 14, 2026

Under threat of arrest Sally Rooney can no longer sell her books in the UK.

Under threat of arrest Sally Rooney can no longer sell her books in the UK.

By Brittany Allen | October 14, 2026

Keep Hope Alive: Al Sharpton Remembers His Mentor, Jesse Jackson

Keep Hope Alive: Al Sharpton Remembers His Mentor, Jesse Jackson

“There are few in American history who stand taller.”

By Al Sharpton | October 14, 2026

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