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A Better Way to Teach History: On Adapting James Loewen’s “Lies My Teacher Told Me”

A Better Way to Teach History: On Adapting James Loewen’s “Lies My Teacher Told Me”

Nate Powell on Book Bans and the Problem of American “Heroification”

By Nate Powell | July 22, 2024

From Dream to Nightmare: On the Deadly Manifestations of Religious Hatred in India

From Dream to Nightmare: On the Deadly Manifestations of Religious Hatred in India

Zara Chowdhary Remembers a Idyllic Childhood Torn Apart by Violent Sectarianism

By Zara Chowdhary | July 22, 2024

Florida’s Commissioner of Education thinks Jane Austen was an American.

Florida’s Commissioner of Education thinks Jane Austen was an American.

By James Folta | July 19, 2024

Joe Biden’s Gaza Problem: It’s Not Just the Pundit Class That Wants Him Gone

Joe Biden’s Gaza Problem: It’s Not Just the Pundit Class That Wants Him Gone

Dan Sheehan on Progressives’ Anger with the Current President

By Dan Sheehan | July 19, 2024

Should you read Keanu Reeves's novel?

Should you read Keanu Reeves's novel?

By Drew Broussard | July 19, 2024

On the Aftermath of a Brutal Murder-Suicide in an Idyllic Small Town

On the Aftermath of a Brutal Murder-Suicide in an Idyllic Small Town

George Choundas Ponders How Life Continues In the Face of Senseless Tragedy

By George Choundas | July 19, 2024

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What the Gradual Corporate Capture of the Supreme Court Means For Democracy

By Sheldon Whitehouse and Jennifer Mueller | July 19, 2024

How America’s Sex Education—and Oversexed Culture—Continues to Fail Women

By Natalie Lampert | July 19, 2024

100+ translators call for PEN America to relinquish control of the Heim Fund.

By Dan Sheehan | July 18, 2024

Meet the writers who garden against time.

Meet the writers who garden against time.

By Brittany Allen | July 18, 2024

Russian missiles destroyed one of Ukraine’s largest book-printing presses.

Russian missiles destroyed one of Ukraine’s largest book-printing presses.

By James Folta | July 18, 2024

Good news! PEN America’s staff union has reached a tentative contract agreement.

Good news! PEN America’s staff union has reached a tentative contract agreement.

By James Folta | July 18, 2024

JD Vance is the Toxic Byproduct of America’s Obsession with Bootstrap Narratives

JD Vance is the Toxic Byproduct of America’s Obsession with Bootstrap Narratives

Alissa Quart on the Art of the Deal of the Hillbilly

By Alissa Quart | July 18, 2024

How a Generation of Women and Queer Skateboarders Fought for Visibility and Recognition

How a Generation of Women and Queer Skateboarders Fought for Visibility and Recognition

Deborah Stoll on Defying Gender Norms and Expectations in Extreme Sports

By Deborah Stoll | July 18, 2024

100 of the Greatest Posters of Celebrities Urging You to Read

100 of the Greatest Posters of Celebrities Urging You to Read

In Which James Folta Bravely Attempts to Rank the Iconic ALA Series

By James Folta | July 18, 2024

The Man Who Created the Trade Paperback

The Man Who Created the Trade Paperback

Michael Castleman on the Life and Times of Jason Epstein, Cofounder of “The New York Review of Books”

By Michael Castleman | July 18, 2024

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