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Underinvestigated, Trivialized, Excused: On a US System That Treats Rape as Something Less Than a Crime

Underinvestigated, Trivialized, Excused: On a US System That Treats Rape as Something Less Than a Crime

Michelle Bowdler on the Need to Address Rape Culture Head On

By Michelle Bowdler | July 28, 2020

Amiri Baraka's Anti-Epic Poem About America's Destruction

Amiri Baraka's Anti-Epic Poem About America's Destruction

The Poet Was Accused of Antisemitism After Presenting "Somebody Blew Up America"

By Michael Leong | July 28, 2020

Joe Sacco: Will We One Day Honor the Veterans of the Great Pandemic Wars?

Joe Sacco: Will We One Day Honor the Veterans of the Great Pandemic Wars?

Waiting for the Sweet Release of Covidstalgia

By Joe Sacco | July 27, 2020

Inside the Quest for Documents That Could Resolve a Cold War Mystery

Inside the Quest for Documents That Could Resolve a Cold War Mystery

Nicholson Baker the American Use of Biological Weapons

By Nicholson Baker | July 27, 2020

The director of the Philadelphia Free Library resigned over claims of mistreatment of Black staff.

The director of the Philadelphia Free Library resigned over claims of mistreatment of Black staff.

By Corinne Segal | July 24, 2020

Mitch McConnell quoted Salman Rushdie in a confused defense of free speech and the rule of law.

Mitch McConnell quoted Salman Rushdie in a confused defense of free speech and the rule of law.

By Aaron Robertson | July 23, 2020

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Letter From Exile: Finding Home
in a Pandemic

By Samiya Bashir | July 23, 2020

It's Past Time for the Bookselling Industry to Reckon with Its Institutional Racism

By Angela Maria Spring | July 23, 2020

The Complicated History of Feminism's Impact on Incarceration

By Aya Gruber | July 23, 2020

What is Essential? And Who?

What is Essential? And Who?

Siri Hustvedt on What the World Values When It's Falling Apart

By Siri Hustvedt | July 22, 2020

How John Steinbeck's Final Novel Grappled With Immigration and Morality

How John Steinbeck's Final Novel Grappled With Immigration and Morality

When White Privilege Interrogates Itself in Literature

By Tobias Carroll | July 22, 2020

Why Did Republicans Abandon<br> American Idealism?

Why Did Republicans Abandon
American Idealism?

Anne Applebaum on Political and Cultural Despair

By Anne Applebaum | July 21, 2020

Where Is Black Life Lived?

Where Is Black Life Lived?

A Letter Home from Joshua Bennett

By Joshua Bennett | July 21, 2020

Jarvis Masters Writes From Death Row in San Quentin as Covid-19 Spreads Unchecked

Jarvis Masters Writes From Death Row in San Quentin as Covid-19 Spreads Unchecked

this deadly virus? Please."">"Who are we really trusting to deal with this contagion,
this deadly virus? Please."

By Jarvis Masters | July 21, 2020

How to Write a Timely Novel in a World That Won't Stop Changing

How to Write a Timely Novel in a World That Won't Stop Changing

David James Poissant on Capturing a Moment as It Passes

By David James Poissant | July 20, 2020

When an Iconic Artist is Claimed By Both the Left and the Right

When an Iconic Artist is Claimed By Both the Left and the Right

Tobias Carroll on Springsteen, Orwell, Jarry and the Intersection
of Art and Politics

By Tobias Carroll | July 17, 2020

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