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Waiting in Darkness: My Time At Guantánamo

Waiting in Darkness: My Time At Guantánamo

Mansoor Adayfi on the Fifteen Years He Spent As Detainee #441

By Mansoor Adayfi | August 20, 2021

Federico García Lorca predicted his own death in a poem.

Federico García Lorca predicted his own death in a poem.

By Dan Sheehan | August 19, 2021

“Americans Are Bad at History.” At the Fault Lines of Memory and Propaganda

“Americans Are Bad at History.” At the Fault Lines of Memory and Propaganda

Patrick Nathan on the Inability to Carry Meaning Forward
and Distinguish Truth

By Patrick Nathan | August 19, 2021

How the War On Terror Became America’s First “Feminist” War

How the War On Terror Became America’s First “Feminist” War

Rafia Zakaria on American Neoimperialism Lies of Liberation

By Rafia Zakaria | August 19, 2021

To Abandon Civilization with Glee: Tracking Tigers in the Russian Wilderness

To Abandon Civilization with Glee: Tracking Tigers in the Russian Wilderness

Jonathan Franklin on a Rafting Trip in the USSR with Tom Brokaw and the "Do Boys"

By Jonathan Franklin | August 19, 2021

Toward a Binational Alternative in Israel: On the Illusion of the Two State Solution

Toward a Binational Alternative in Israel: On the Illusion of the Two State Solution

Omri Boehm on the Re-Imaginings Necessary for Transformation

By Omri Boehm | August 19, 2021

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What We Can Learn from Feminist Rage

By Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar | August 19, 2021

12 new opinions on Lolita that no one’s invented yet.

By Walker Caplan | August 18, 2021

On the Lost “Lenny Bruce of Athens”

By Mark Haskell Smith | August 18, 2021

Tracing the Crisis of Desertification to Colonization

Tracing the Crisis of Desertification to Colonization

Lisa Wells on the Water Crisis in California’s Central Valley

By Lisa Wells | August 18, 2021

How the Humble Avocado Went from the Unwanted “Crocodile Pear” to America’s Favorite Superfood

How the Humble Avocado Went from the Unwanted “Crocodile Pear” to America’s Favorite Superfood

Andy Robinson Investigates the Human Cost of a Most Coveted Fruit

By Andy Robinson | August 18, 2021

Take a look at the 35-pound comic scrapbook that paints a picture of Great Depression-era life.

Take a look at the 35-pound comic scrapbook that paints a picture of Great Depression-era life.

By Walker Caplan | August 17, 2021

Mariella Guzzoni on Van Gogh’s Love of Literature

Mariella Guzzoni on Van Gogh’s Love of Literature

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | August 17, 2021

J. Chester Johnson on the Elaine Race Massacre and Whitewashed History

J. Chester Johnson on the Elaine Race Massacre and Whitewashed History

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 16, 2021

Mapping the Cerebral: What Are Dreams and Why Are They Essential?

Mapping the Cerebral: What Are Dreams and Why Are They Essential?

Sidarta Ribeiro on the Cultural History of Dreaming and the Role of Memory

By Sidarta Ribeiro | August 16, 2021

Fictionalizing a Dark Chapter in the History of Milwaukee Policing

Fictionalizing a Dark Chapter in the History of Milwaukee Policing

Willa C. Richards on Harold Breier, Jeffrey Dahmer, and a Long Legacy of Neglect and Racism

By Willa C. Richards | August 13, 2021

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