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Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s Blue House in Coyoacán Was a Refuge for Leon Trotsky... Until It Wasn‘t

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s Blue House in Coyoacán Was a Refuge for Leon Trotsky... Until It Wasn‘t

H. Keith Melton and Nigel West on Trotsky and Kahlo‘s Simmering Affair Amidst Political Turmoil

By H. Keith Melton and Nigel West | July 28, 2026

On Reckoning With the Literary World’s Unacknowledged Class System

On Reckoning With the Literary World’s Unacknowledged Class System

D/Annie Liontas, Sara Nović, Chet’la Sebree and Maria Adelmann Discuss Class, Access and Getting Through the Door

By D/Annie Liontas | July 27, 2026

Why Black Americans Need <br>Reparations Now

Why Black Americans Need
Reparations Now

“The true fight is for self-determination and restitution; anything less is unacceptable.”

By Edna Bonhomme | July 27, 2026

Christ’s Craft Store, Hobby Lobby, Wouldn’t Have Survived Its First Year Without the Godless Hippies

Christ’s Craft Store, Hobby Lobby, Wouldn’t Have Survived Its First Year Without the Godless Hippies

Michael Blanding on the Origins of a Box Store Behemoth

By Michael Blanding | July 24, 2026

The Queer Poetics in Writing About Past and Present Brazilian Politics

The Queer Poetics in Writing About Past and Present Brazilian Politics

Lara Norgaard on Translating Cris Judar’s They Marched Under the Sun

By Lara Norgaard | July 24, 2026

Penelope Speaks: Rebecca Solnit on the Western Literary Tradition of Silencing Women

Penelope Speaks: Rebecca Solnit on the Western Literary Tradition of Silencing Women

“Classical culture is a lot of things including, literally, rape culture.”

By Rebecca Solnit | July 23, 2026

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How Jean-Paul Sartre Attempted to Marry Marxism and Existentialism

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There’s a New Coalition in the Democratic Party—and the Price of Membership is Criticizing Israel

There’s a New Coalition in the Democratic Party—and the Price of Membership is Criticizing Israel

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Why PEN America Will Not Defend You Against Anti-BDS Legislation

Why PEN America Will Not Defend You Against Anti-BDS Legislation

Dinaw Mengestu, Past President of PEN America, on the Organization’s “Muddled Twists of Logic”

By Dinaw Mengestu | July 17, 2026

What Writing About Bobby Kennedy Taught Me About Male Power

What Writing About Bobby Kennedy Taught Me About Male Power

Carson Markland on Control, Roe v. Wade, and the Slipperiness of Biography

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How Israel Turned Gaza Into an “Annihilation Zone”

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Eyal Weizman on the Ways Land Can Tell the Story of Genocide

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When We Fight, We Win: Why I Am Suing Northwestern University—and the US Government

When We Fight, We Win: Why I Am Suing Northwestern University—and the US Government

Steven W. Thrasher on the Fight For Academic Freedom

By Steven W. Thrasher | July 14, 2026

More Than a War Diary: Angela Flournoy on Jean Said Makdisi’s <em>Beirut Fragments</em>

More Than a War Diary: Angela Flournoy on Jean Said Makdisi’s Beirut Fragments

“She does not purport to be braver than she felt at any given time. Instead she is honest about her fear.”

By Angela Flournoy | July 14, 2026

On Trying—and Failing—to Write the Lives of Children in a Syrian Detention Camp

On Trying—and Failing—to Write the Lives of Children in a Syrian Detention Camp

Elizabeth H. Winthrop: “The distance between us could not be bridged—only recognized.”

By Elizabeth H. Winthrop | July 14, 2026

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