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Can Zohran Mamdani Survive at the Intersection of Identity Politics and Democratic Socialism?

Can Zohran Mamdani Survive at the Intersection of Identity Politics and Democratic Socialism?

Mychal Denzel Smith on the New Mayor’s Uncertain Relationship With New York’s Black Voters

By Mychal Denzel Smith | February 5, 2026

Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files

Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files

Maris Kreizman on the Viler-Than-Fiction
Behavior of Powerful Men

By Maris Kreizman | February 5, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: We Are a People Born and Bred of Organizers

Letter From Minnesota: We Are a People Born and Bred of Organizers

Marcie R. Rendon on the Importance of Doing the Right Thing

By Marcie R. Rendon | February 5, 2026

Turning to Thoreau for Lessons on Living Through Difficult Times

Turning to Thoreau for Lessons on Living Through Difficult Times

Kristy Beachy-Quick on Seeking Solace in the Lesser-Known Works of the Author of Walden

By Kristy Beachy-Quick | February 5, 2026

Sex Without Shame: Senior Women Share Their Stories of Finding Sexual Freedom

Sex Without Shame: Senior Women Share Their Stories of Finding Sexual Freedom

Joan Price Explores the Ways She and Other Women Have (Re)Discovered Desire, Passion and Pleasure

By Joan Price | February 5, 2026

Against the “King Voice.” On the Evolution of Vocal Authority, from Orson Welles to Sarah Vowell

Against the “King Voice.” On the Evolution of Vocal Authority, from Orson Welles to Sarah Vowell

Sarah Montague Considers the Evolution of Vocal Authority, from Orson Welles to Sarah Vowell

By Sarah Montague | February 5, 2026

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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The Washington Post is gutting its books coverage.

By Brittany Allen | February 4, 2026

Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with “reframing” rejection?

Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with “reframing” rejection?

By Brittany Allen | February 4, 2026

On Russia’s New Official Dictionary and the Language of Authoritarianism

On Russia’s New Official Dictionary and the Language of Authoritarianism

Katherine Kelaidis Considers the Dictionary as a Prescriptive Ideological Document

By Katherine Kelaidis | February 4, 2026

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: “did they really take a 4 yo too the other night?”

Letter From Minnesota: “did they really take a 4 yo too the other night?”

Sarah Green on Preserving the Idea of Kinship in the Face of Brutality

By Sarah Green | 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

What’s the Word for... <br>Forgetting Words?

What’s the Word for...
Forgetting Words?

Mira Ptacin on Grappling with Perimenopausal Aphasia

By Mira Ptacin | February 4, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Bianca Stone is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Bianca Stone is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Jacques Lacan, Simone Weil, and Paul Celan

By Diana Arterian | February 4, 2026

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