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Coming of Age and Questioning Traditional Rituals at a Boarding School in Kenya

Coming of Age and Questioning Traditional Rituals at a Boarding School in Kenya

Nice Leng’ete on the Teacher Who Led Her to Question the Maasai Practice of Female Genital Mutilation

By Nice Leng'ete | September 16, 2021

Keith Boykin on the End of the White Majority in America

Keith Boykin on the End of the White Majority in America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 16, 2021

On the Subversive Power of Gossip

On the Subversive Power of Gossip

Maria Tatar Considers the Deep Cultural Work of Chatter

By Maria Tatar | September 15, 2021

When Incarceration Comes Home: On Prison “Reforms” That Still Do Harm

When Incarceration Comes Home: On Prison “Reforms” That Still Do Harm

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | September 15, 2021

<em>New Yorker </em>editor calls out her own magazine for woeful record on diversity.

New Yorker editor calls out her own magazine for woeful record on diversity.

By Jonny Diamond | September 14, 2021

Why an Early Feminist Advocated for the Right to Divorce

Why an Early Feminist Advocated for the Right to Divorce

Puerto Rican Activist Luisa Capetillo on the Trap of Being a Mother “Who Knows How to Do It All”

By Luisa Capetillo | September 14, 2021

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One more reason Amazon’s almighty algorithm is bad for us.

By Jonny Diamond | September 13, 2021

Nicaragua has ordered the arrest of award-winning author Sergio Ramírez.

By Dan Sheehan | September 10, 2021

“I Would Not Take Prisoners.” Tolstoy’s Case Against Making War Humane

By Samuel Moyn | September 10, 2021

Assimilation and Erasure: How Imposter Syndrome Traps People of Color

Assimilation and Erasure: How Imposter Syndrome Traps People of Color

Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez on the Inherent White Supremacy of Ivory Towers

By Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez | September 10, 2021

<em>The Guardian</em> published a Judith Butler interview—and then deleted an answer about TERFS.

The Guardian published a Judith Butler interview—and then deleted an answer about TERFS.

By Walker Caplan | September 9, 2021

Writing Black Essays in White People’s Houses

Writing Black Essays in White People’s Houses

Jill Louise Busby on the Writing Residency Industrial Complex

By Jill Louise Busby | September 9, 2021

Philip Stephens on Not-So-Great Britain

Philip Stephens on Not-So-Great Britain

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 9, 2021

Anne Sebba on Ethel Rosenberg’s Early Days

Anne Sebba on Ethel Rosenberg’s Early Days

This Week from Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | September 9, 2021

On the Race to a COVID Vaccine (and Power, and Profit)

On the Race to a COVID Vaccine (and Power, and Profit)

Adam Tooze on a Remarkable Scientific Victory

By Adam Tooze | September 8, 2021

On Miss America’s Brief—But Real—Activist Phase

On Miss America’s Brief—But Real—Activist Phase

When the Pageant Gave Airtime to Advocacy to Draw Viewers

By Amy Argetsinger | September 7, 2021

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