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Readings on Racism, White Supremacy, and Police Violence in America

Readings on Racism, White Supremacy, and Police Violence in America

Looking Back in Order to Move Forward

By Jonny Diamond | June 3, 2020

On the Clearing of Lafayette Square, and the Coward Donald Trump

On the Clearing of Lafayette Square, and the Coward Donald Trump

Timothy Denevi: "I was in the process of witnessing the preparations for a police riot."

By Timothy Denevi | June 3, 2020

Layli Long Soldier on Wounded Knee and the Murder of George Floyd

Layli Long Soldier on Wounded Knee and the Murder of George Floyd

"This country, the structure—if it were a dinner table, I’d flip it."

By Layli Long Soldier | June 3, 2020

How Capitalism Created Sexual Dysfunction

How Capitalism Created Sexual Dysfunction

On the Commodification of Good Sex

By JoAnn Wypijewski | June 3, 2020

The Deliverance of Douglas A. Martin's Obsessive Desire

The Deliverance of Douglas A. Martin's Obsessive Desire

Hugh Ryan on Outline of My Lover

By Hugh Ryan | June 3, 2020

The Interview That Adrienne Rich Never Wanted Published

The Interview That Adrienne Rich Never Wanted Published

Patrice Vecchione on Talking with Rich About Spirituality

By Patrice Vecchione | June 2, 2020

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How Shanghai Became a City of Literary Experimentation

By Dr. Jin Li | June 2, 2020

Sam Sharpe and the Revolt That Ended British Slavery

By Tom Zoellner | June 2, 2020

Finding My Story in the Colonial Past of the Andaman Islands

By Aimee Liu | June 1, 2020

Forgotten Civil Rights Pioneers: A Reading List

Forgotten Civil Rights Pioneers: A Reading List

Jill Watts Recommends Ten Life Stories from a Lost Generation

By Jill Watts | June 1, 2020

On the Untold Talent of Dora Maar, More Than a Muse of Picasso

On the Untold Talent of Dora Maar, More Than a Muse of Picasso

In Search of "The Weeping Woman"

By Brigitte Benkemoun | May 29, 2020

On the Malign Impulse to Name a Disease After a Group of People

On the Malign Impulse to Name a Disease After a Group of People

Mary Ann Cherry on Asian-American Racism and
AIDS-Era Homophobia

By Mary Ann Cherry | May 29, 2020

How US Interventions in Indonesia and Brazil Set the Stage for the Next 50 Years

How US Interventions in Indonesia and Brazil Set the Stage for the Next 50 Years

Vincent Bevins on the Dictatorships Born of the Cold War

By Vincent Bevins | May 28, 2020

How Mary Oppen Rewrote the Role of the Artist’s Wife

How Mary Oppen Rewrote the Role of the Artist’s Wife

In Just One Book She Wrote a Life's Worth of Energy

By Abby Walthausen | May 28, 2020

A Feminist Vision of War, from a Long-Buried Correspondence

A Feminist Vision of War, from a Long-Buried Correspondence

Oswyn Murray on Eileen Alexander's Letters

By Oswyn Murray | May 28, 2020

Why Did So Many Restaurants Stay Open During the 1918 Pandemic?

Why Did So Many Restaurants Stay Open During the 1918 Pandemic?

For Starters, More People Needed Places to Eat

By Rebecca Spang | May 27, 2020

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