Everything you need to know about this week’s manufactured Jane Austen controversy.

Everything you need to know about this week’s manufactured Jane Austen controversy.

By Walker Caplan | April 22, 2021

Fatima Bhutto on Channeling the Fearlessness of Malcolm X

Fatima Bhutto on Channeling the Fearlessness of Malcolm X

“I learned how to be lonely from a young age.”

By Fatima Bhutto | April 22, 2021

On the Battle to Reform a Pennsylvania School District's Xenophobic Enrollment Policies

On the Battle to Reform a Pennsylvania School District's Xenophobic Enrollment Policies

Jo Napolitano Considers the Concerns of Refugee Advocates in the Lancaster Community

By Jo Napolitano | April 22, 2021

Mass Graves and 21st-Century Slavery: On the Dangerous Plight of Migrants

Mass Graves and 21st-Century Slavery: On the Dangerous Plight of Migrants

Emmanuel Mbolela Considers Our Ongoing Global Humanitarian Crisis

By Emmanuel Mbolela | April 22, 2021

Despite protests from employees, Simon & Schuster still plans to publish Mike Pence’s book.

Despite protests from employees, Simon & Schuster still plans to publish Mike Pence’s book.

By Walker Caplan | April 21, 2021

Walkin’ While Dead: On Black Horror and Wesley Brown’s <em>Tragic Magic</em>

Walkin’ While Dead: On Black Horror and Wesley Brown’s Tragic Magic

Erica Vital-Lazare Reads the Present in a Novel of the Past

By Erica Vital-Lazare | April 21, 2021

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How Democratic Senator Mazie K. Hirono Became a Fierce Advocate for Women and Children

By Mazie K. Hirono | April 21, 2021

On "Wokeness" and Meritocracy in the Ivy League

By Keen On | April 21, 2021

Monstrosity Plucked From Garbage Can: On Mae West’s early career as a controversial playwright.

By Walker Caplan | April 20, 2021

Simon & Schuster workers are protesting their employer’s publishing decisions.

Simon & Schuster workers are protesting their employer’s publishing decisions.

By Jonny Diamond | April 20, 2021

On Being an Outsider: Words by Charles Simic, Photos by Romeo Alaeff

On Being an Outsider: Words by Charles Simic, Photos by Romeo Alaeff

“Exiles usually imagine that theirs is a temporary situation.”

By Romeo Alaeff and Charles Simic | April 20, 2021

How the Internet Turned “Florida Man” Into a Figure of Indulgence, Decadence, and Bad Decision Making

How the Internet Turned “Florida Man” Into a Figure of Indulgence, Decadence, and Bad Decision Making

Tyler Gillespie on the Rise and Fall of a Digital Antihero

By Tyler Gillespie | April 19, 2021

Love Ukraine as You Would the Sun: 10 Ukrainian Books Worth Reading in English

Love Ukraine as You Would the Sun: 10 Ukrainian Books Worth Reading in English

Kate Tsurkan Recommends Andriy Lyubka, Olesya Yaremchuk,
and More

By Kate Tsurkan | April 19, 2021

On Helping Tell a Palestinian Story as a White American Jew

On Helping Tell a Palestinian Story as a White American Jew

Penina Eilberg-Schwartz Wonders What It Means to Share Space

By Penina Eilberg-Schwartz | April 16, 2021

Nichole Perlroth on Our Digital Path to Mutually-Assured Destruction

Nichole Perlroth on Our Digital Path to Mutually-Assured Destruction

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | April 16, 2021

The Lesser-Known Protest that Kicked Off Gay Liberation in Los Angeles

The Lesser-Known Protest that Kicked Off Gay Liberation in Los Angeles

Jon Wiener and Mike Davis on Gay Activism Before Stonewall

By Jon Wiener and Mike Davis | April 15, 2021

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