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Why America Needs a New Vocabulary to Describe Its Shortcomings

Why America Needs a New Vocabulary to Describe Its Shortcomings

Barrett Holmes Pitner on the Insufficiencies of Language

By Barrett Holmes Pitner | October 15, 2021

“The Border Crossed Us.” Beth Alvarado on Writing About the Borderlands

“The Border Crossed Us.” Beth Alvarado on Writing About the Borderlands

In Conversation with G. P. Gottlieb on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | October 15, 2021

Dorottya Rédai on the Importance of LGBTQ Fairy Tales

Dorottya Rédai on the Importance of LGBTQ Fairy Tales

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 15, 2021

This lady is trying to ban Toni Morrison’s books from schools for being “pornographic.”

This lady is trying to ban Toni Morrison’s books from schools for being “pornographic.”

By Walker Caplan | October 14, 2021

“You Only Write if You Have To.“ On W.G. Sebald’s Life and Work

“You Only Write if You Have To.“ On W.G. Sebald’s Life and Work

Carole Angier Considers How History Shaped Sebald as a Writer

By Carole Angier | October 14, 2021

Chris Hedges on the Pandemic’s Ultimatum

Chris Hedges on the Pandemic’s Ultimatum

In Conversation with Lena Herzog The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | October 14, 2021

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“More Than a Fearful Refusal To Participate.“ On the Complexities of the 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion

By Marjoleine Kars | October 14, 2021

Fiona Hill on the Increasingly Russian Way of Life in America

By Keen On | October 14, 2021

Remembering Harold Pinter’s anti-Iraq War Nobel Prize acceptance speech.

By Walker Caplan | October 13, 2021

How NOW Attempted to Exclude the Third Woman’s Alliance From Feminist History

How NOW Attempted to Exclude the Third Woman’s Alliance From Feminist History

Patricia Romney on the Women's Strike for Equality
and Racism Within Feminism

By Patricia Romney | October 13, 2021

Daniel Sokatch on the Chronicle of Israel and Palestine

Daniel Sokatch on the Chronicle of Israel and Palestine

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 13, 2021

Deborah Tuerkheimer on Credibility and Sexual Misconduct

Deborah Tuerkheimer on Credibility and Sexual Misconduct

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 13, 2021

Everything you need to know about the Sally Rooney/Israel controversy.

Everything you need to know about the Sally Rooney/Israel controversy.

By Walker Caplan | October 12, 2021

The Migration Patterns of the Privileged: On 21st-Century Climate Gentrification

The Migration Patterns of the Privileged: On 21st-Century Climate Gentrification

Parag Khanna Considers Who Can Survive the Coming Disasters

By Parag Khanna | October 12, 2021

Dorland v. Larson: On the Legal Disputes at the Heart of “Bad Art Friend”

Dorland v. Larson: On the Legal Disputes at the Heart of “Bad Art Friend”

The Innocence Project’s Steven Wright Weighs in on Claims of “Emotional Distress” and Copyright Infringement

By Steven Wright | October 12, 2021

The Grief of Displacement: On Being a Child in a Refugee Camp

The Grief of Displacement: On Being a Child in a Refugee Camp

Mondiant Dogon Considers the Experience of Collective Suffering

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