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Sports Are Sad: On Winning and Losing (i.e. Living and Dying)

Sports Are Sad: On Winning and Losing (i.e. Living and Dying)

Emily Thomas Mani on Grief and Ephemerality

By Emily Thomas Mani | June 23, 2021

Healthcare Has a Race—and Gender—Problem

Healthcare Has a Race—and Gender—Problem

Elinor Cleghorn on the Struggle for Black Women to Be Heard

By Elinor Cleghorn | June 23, 2021

How Gaslighting in Fiction Can Reflect the Realities of Psychological Abuse

How Gaslighting in Fiction Can Reflect the Realities of Psychological Abuse

Jennifer Baker Considers The Illness Lesson and Real Life

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The Four Narratives That Now Dominate American Life

The Four Narratives That Now Dominate American Life

George Packer in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 23, 2021

How Writing a Novel About the Evangelical Church Helped Me Grieve the Loss of My Religion

How Writing a Novel About the Evangelical Church Helped Me Grieve the Loss of My Religion

Kelsey McKinney on the Complex Feelings of Leaving the Faith

By Kelsey McKinney | June 23, 2021

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Kristen Arnett on the Loneliness of Queer Parenting in Red States

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What a 13th-Century Medieval Text Can Teach Us About Queerness and Gender

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Telling the True Stories of Ancient Greece Through Fiction

Telling the True Stories of Ancient Greece Through Fiction

Claire Heywood on Rewriting Mythology From the Woman’s Perspective

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The Consequences of Speaking Out Against Religious Illiberalism in Malaysia

The Consequences of Speaking Out Against Religious Illiberalism in Malaysia

Mustafa Akyol Considers the Theological Roadblocks to the Islamic Enlightenment

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How Racism, American Idealism, and Patriotism Created the Modern Myth of the Alamo and Davy Crockett

How Racism, American Idealism, and Patriotism Created the Modern Myth of the Alamo and Davy Crockett

Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford on the Making of a Misrepresented Narrative

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