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How the Communist Blacklist Shaped the Entertainment Industry As We Know It

How the Communist Blacklist Shaped the Entertainment Industry As We Know It

risk never working in television again."">"Avoid anything that could be construed as progressive or
risk never working in television again."

By Carol A Stabile | October 9, 2018

There's More to the Story of LBJ's Contemplation of Nuking Vietnam

There's More to the Story of LBJ's Contemplation of Nuking Vietnam

On the NY Times’ Revelations Mark Bowden Reported 16 Months Ago

By Mark Bowden | October 7, 2018

Raising a Black Boy Not to Be Afraid

Raising a Black Boy Not to Be Afraid

Nicole R. Fleetwood on the Casual Street Violence of Whiteness

By Nicole R. Fleetwood | October 3, 2018

They Don't Want to Know: Rebecca Solnit on Brett Kavanaugh and the Denial of Old White Men

They Don't Want to Know: Rebecca Solnit on Brett Kavanaugh and the Denial of Old White Men

"There are so many witnesses. Their statements add up."

By Rebecca Solnit | September 28, 2018

An Op Ed by e.e. cummings in Which He Has Had Enough of France

An Op Ed by e.e. cummings in Which He Has Had Enough of France

"America may be going to Hell but at least she isn’t standing still!"

By e.e. cummings | September 28, 2018

The Sandwich That Helped Feed Puerto Rico After FEMA Failed

The Sandwich That Helped Feed Puerto Rico After FEMA Failed

Chef José Andrés on Getting to Work in the Aftermath of Maria

By José Andrés and Richard Wolffe | September 28, 2018

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We Really Still Need Howard Zinn

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Costs of War: On the Ground with the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps in Mosul

By Nick McDonell | September 26, 2018

The Rise of Arthur Ashe: Tennis Star, Civil Rights Activist

By Raymond Arsenault | September 26, 2018

How Small-Town Newspapers Ignored Local Lynchings

How Small-Town Newspapers Ignored Local Lynchings

Sherilynn A. Ifill on Justice (and Its Absence) in the 1930s

By Sherilynn A. Ifill | September 26, 2018

Ben Fountain Reports From the NRA's National Convention, Surrounded by 11 Acres of Guns

Ben Fountain Reports From the NRA's National Convention, Surrounded by 11 Acres of Guns

On the Paranoid Style in American Gun Shows

By Ben Fountain | September 25, 2018

In the Wake of Trump, YA Novels Highlight Immigrant Narratives

In the Wake of Trump, YA Novels Highlight Immigrant Narratives

In Praise of a Sorely Needed Addition to the Genre

By Holly Genovese | September 21, 2018

What <em>Does</em> Democracy Look Like?

What Does Democracy Look Like?

On Occupy Wall Street, Protest Chants, and Participatory Democracy

By James Miller | September 21, 2018

23 Literary Movies and TV Shows You Should Be Watching This Fall

23 Literary Movies and TV Shows You Should Be Watching This Fall

This is Your Essential Book-to-Screen Fall Preview

By Emily Temple | September 20, 2018

Who Exactly Was the Original Jezebel?

Who Exactly Was the Original Jezebel?

How Women's Power Was First Linked to Sexuality and Deception

By Wednesday Martin | September 20, 2018

The Straight Line From Slavery to<br> Private Prisons

The Straight Line From Slavery to
Private Prisons

How Texas Turned Plantations Into Prisons

By Shane Bauer | September 19, 2018

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