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From Gaza to Minneapolis We Are Still Being Told to Disbelieve Our Eyes

From Gaza to Minneapolis We Are Still Being Told to Disbelieve Our Eyes

Steven W. Thrasher on the Western Establishment’s
Deliberate Break From Reality

By Steven W. Thrasher | February 4, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: Our Work is to Protect What We Love

Letter From Minnesota: Our Work is to Protect What We Love

Diane Wilson on Traditions of American Violence,
to Nature and Human Alike

By Diane Wilson | February 4, 2026

How W.E.B. DuBois and James McCune Smith Helped Combat Medical Racism in America

How W.E.B. DuBois and James McCune Smith Helped Combat Medical Racism in America

Michelle A. Williams on Black Contributions to American
Public Health and Sociology

By Michelle A. Williams | February 4, 2026

Meet the Ancient Ancestor of Macaroni and Cheese—and Cook It Yourself

Meet the Ancient Ancestor of Macaroni and Cheese—and Cook It Yourself

Karima Moyer-Nocchi Offers a Recipe For a Sweet and Savory Ancient Roman Delicacy

By Karima Moyer-Nocchi | February 4, 2026

How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating

How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating

Katherine Hollander on Intellectual, Political and Artistic Collaboration Among the Exiled Mitarbeiter

By Katherine Hollander | February 4, 2026

11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society

11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society

From the Economic Hardship Reporting Project

By Ann Larson and Alissa Quart | February 3, 2026

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This Week in Literary History: David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest Was Published

By Literary Hub | February 2, 2026

What to read next if The Testament of Ann Lee was your favorite movie of 2025.

By Brittany Allen | February 2, 2026

Kim Kelly on the Difference Between a General Strike and a National Shutdown (And Why It Matters)

By Kim Kelly | January 31, 2026

Kim Kelly: Why the American Labor Movement Matters

Kim Kelly: Why the American Labor Movement Matters

“If the Democrats pull this thing off, they will owe a massive debt to organized labor.”

By Kim Kelly | January 29, 2026

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s <em>Berlin Shuffle</em>

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s Berlin Shuffle

Philip Boehm Considers the Contemporary Relevance of a Tale of 1920s Germany

By Philip Boehm | January 29, 2026

What to read to understand the ICE phenomenon.

What to read to understand the ICE phenomenon.

A mini syllabus (Including four free books!)

By Brittany Allen | January 29, 2026

Give a Nazi an Inch... And Other Important Lessons From Weimar, Germany

Give a Nazi an Inch... And Other Important Lessons From Weimar, Germany

Volker Ullrich on Wilhelm Frick’s Fascist Cultural Revolution

By Volker Ullrich | January 29, 2026

Inventing the American Revolution: On Thomas Paine’s Guide to Fighting Dictatorship

Inventing the American Revolution: On Thomas Paine’s Guide to Fighting Dictatorship

“How are free people supposed to stay free? One short answer: don’t trust anyone over thirty.”

By Matthew Redmond | January 29, 2026

How the Killing of George Floyd Reflects America's Repeated History of Racism and Police Brutality

How the Killing of George Floyd Reflects America's Repeated History of Racism and Police Brutality

Curtis Bunn on the Black Lives Matter Movement, the Watts Riots, and the City as Powder Keg

By Curtis Bunn | January 29, 2026

So, <em>Do</em> Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism?

So, Do Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism?

Kristen R. Ghodsee on the Tangle of Sex, Money, and Women’s Independence

By Kristen R. Ghodsee | January 29, 2026

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