How the Collapse of Local Journalism Led to the Erosion of Community Trust

How the Collapse of Local Journalism Led to the Erosion of Community Trust

Beth Macy on the Vital Role of Small Newspapers in Promoting and Maintaining Civic Life

By Beth Macy | October 7, 2025

The Race to Save a Medieval Palestinian Library

The Race to Save a Medieval Palestinian Library

Ryan Byrnes on the Khalidi Family’s Battle to Protect Their Library From Ultra-Orthodox Settlers

By Ryan Byrnes | October 7, 2025

Imagining a Liberated Future for Palestine

Imagining a Liberated Future for Palestine

Ilan Pappé Explores Political Futures in Palestine and Israel

By Ilan Pappé | October 7, 2025

The <em>House of Leaves</em>-inspired game MyHouse.wad is just as trippy as you'd think.

The House of Leaves-inspired game MyHouse.wad is just as trippy as you'd think.

By James Folta | October 6, 2025

Here are the most banned books of 2025.

Here are the most banned books of 2025.

By Brittany Allen | October 6, 2025

Guess which top college is launching a “creator economy” program?

Guess which top college is launching a “creator economy” program?

By Brittany Allen | October 6, 2025

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Ivan Klima, the best Czech novelist of his generation, has died.

By Jonny Diamond | October 6, 2025

Patricia Smith on How a Poet Ages

By Patricia Smith | October 6, 2025

Uncanny Prescience: Revisiting Kafka’s Amerika

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Teaching 200 Children in Gaza’s Refugee Camps

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How Palestinian Teacher Ikram Talaat Ahmed Turned Displacement Tents into Schools

By Ikram Talaat Ahmed | October 6, 2025

My Child Does Not Love to Read, And I’m (Starting to Be) Okay With That

My Child Does Not Love to Read, And I’m (Starting to Be) Okay With That

Mira Ptacin on Learning to Embrace the Differences Between Herself and Her Son

By Mira Ptacin | October 6, 2025

What Time Provides: Mining the Creative Unconscious For Inspiration

What Time Provides: Mining the Creative Unconscious For Inspiration

Victoria Redel on Taking Decades to Return To a Once-Abandoned Story

By Victoria Redel | October 6, 2025

How Harassment at the Strip Club Prepared Me For Publishing 

How Harassment at the Strip Club Prepared Me For Publishing 

Michelle Gurule on Writing About Sex Work

By Michelle Gurule | October 6, 2025

“It’s Okay But It’s Also Really Not.” When Dystopian Fiction is No Longer a Thought Experiment

“It’s Okay But It’s Also Really Not.” When Dystopian Fiction is No Longer a Thought Experiment

Yume Kitasei Explores the Different Forms Dystopias Can Take, On and Off the Page

By Yume Kitasei | October 6, 2025

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | October 3, 2025

Here’s what’s making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | October 3, 2025

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