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Beyond Institutions: Why Black Empowerment Must Bridge the Opportunity Gap

Beyond Institutions: Why Black Empowerment Must Bridge the Opportunity Gap

Andre M. Perry on the Ongoing Struggle For Racial, Social and Economic Justice in America

By Andre M. Perry | April 14, 2025

Viet Thanh Nguyen: Most American Literature is the Literature of Empire

Viet Thanh Nguyen: Most American Literature is the Literature of Empire

“An imperial literature prefers the realism of showing the imperfect domesticity within an American empire.”

By Viet Thanh Nguyen | April 11, 2025

The Naval Academy banned over 300 books from its library.

The Naval Academy banned over 300 books from its library.

By James Folta | April 10, 2025

Our Superfunds, Ourselves: Inside America’s Polluted Urban Ruins

Our Superfunds, Ourselves: Inside America’s Polluted Urban Ruins

Ariel Courage Explores a Systematic Legacy of Environmental Contamination and Neglect in the United States

By Ariel Courage | April 10, 2025

Dinaw Mengestu on PEN America’s Committment to Freedom of Expression

Dinaw Mengestu on PEN America’s Committment to Freedom of Expression

“PEN America’s defense and advocacy must be rendered vigorously and equitably, regardless of who sits in power.”

By Dinaw Mengestu | April 10, 2025

Rewatching <em>The Sound of Music</em> in the Age of Tradwives, Trump, and American Fascism

Rewatching The Sound of Music in the Age of Tradwives, Trump, and American Fascism

Meredith Hambrock on Women’s Ambition, Nazism, and Patriarchy on the 60th Anniversary of a Classic Film

By Meredith Hambrock | April 9, 2025

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On the 40-Year Friendship of Toni Morrison and Fran Lebowitz

By Priya Vulchi | April 9, 2025

21 Attorneys General are suing to save America's libraries.

By James Folta | April 8, 2025

The University is the Crisis: On the Price of Columbia’s Soul

By Shana L. Redmond | April 4, 2025

Republicans in Congress Are Going After a Free and Independent Media

Republicans in Congress Are Going After a Free and Independent Media

The “Anti-American Airwaves” Hearing Was a Very Dangerous Circus

By Aron Solomon | April 3, 2025

Silence is Collaboration: Academics Must Speak Out Against Fascism

Silence is Collaboration: Academics Must Speak Out Against Fascism

An Open Letter From South Jersey

By The Professors of Stockton University | April 2, 2025

From the Nightmares of the Third Reich to Elon Musk: 10 Nonfiction Books to Read in April

From the Nightmares of the Third Reich to Elon Musk: 10 Nonfiction Books to Read in April

Featuring Work by Faiz Siddiqui, Heather Christle, Ada Limón, and More

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2025

On the Episode That Changed Ira Glass’s <em>This American Life</em> Forever

On the Episode That Changed Ira Glass’s This American Life Forever

Or, On the Importance of Fact-Checking

By Steve Oney | March 31, 2025

The Paradox of Prosperity: How Urban Renewal Pushes Workers to the Periphery

The Paradox of Prosperity: How Urban Renewal Pushes Workers to the Periphery

Brian Goldstone Explores the Evolving Face of Homelessness in American Cities

By Brian Goldstone | March 31, 2025

These are the things that are getting us through <em>this</em> week.

These are the things that are getting us through this week.

By Brittany Allen | March 28, 2025

So You Want to Flee to Canada: Revisiting a Classic Guide to Leaving America

So You Want to Flee to Canada: Revisiting a Classic Guide to Leaving America

James Folta on the Reissuing of “Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada”

By James Folta | March 28, 2025

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