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From Stalin to Trump, How Power Unmakes the World

From Stalin to Trump, How Power Unmakes the World

Megan Marshall on What It Means to Live Under a Government Without Principle

By Megan Marshall | July 10, 2026

Both University of Chicago Press and Hachette Book Group have voted to unionize.

Both University of Chicago Press and Hachette Book Group have voted to unionize.

By Brittany Allen | July 8, 2026

Why Can’t the Public Sector Pick Up Our Trash?

Why Can’t the Public Sector Pick Up Our Trash?

Simon Paré-Poupart on the Democratic Control of Waste Management

By Simon Paré-Poupart | July 8, 2026

A reparative mini-reading list, in honor of America’s 250th.

A reparative mini-reading list, in honor of America’s 250th.

Here's what to read while you really consider the country's legacy.

By Brittany Allen | July 6, 2026

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in July

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in July

Featuring Books by Cal Flyn, Eyal Weitzman, Michael Cunningham, and More

By Literary Hub | July 2, 2026

Here’s the Frederick Douglass Speech to Revisit This July 4th

Here’s the Frederick Douglass Speech to Revisit This July 4th

Robert S. Levine Explains Why It’s Not the Most Obvious One

By Robert S. Levine | July 2, 2026

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A Constitutional Question: Do American Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?

By Jill Lepore | July 1, 2026

The Bible is now required reading for Texas public school students.

By Brittany Allen | June 30, 2026

What to Do When Your Activism Leads to Threats From the Powerful

By Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer | June 30, 2026

Natalie Adler Talks to Sarah Schulman About AIDS History and Dykes Around Town

Natalie Adler Talks to Sarah Schulman About AIDS History and Dykes Around Town

“AIDS was the first thing I knew about sex. It was the first thing I knew about being gay.”

By Sarah Schulman | June 29, 2026

On the First—and, So Far, Only—Book Ban Case Ever Heard by the Supreme Court

On the First—and, So Far, Only—Book Ban Case Ever Heard by the Supreme Court

Anthony Aycock Looks Back at Island Trees v. Pico,

By Anthony Aycock | June 25, 2026

My Mother’s Voice: <br>Messages From Tehran

My Mother’s Voice:
Messages From Tehran

“I would never blame them. But being around Americans while this country is bombing mine is the last thing I can do.”

By Shohreh Laici | June 24, 2026

On One of America’s Great Conspiracy Theorists (and His Yankees vs. Cowboys Theory of History)

On One of America’s Great Conspiracy Theorists (and His Yankees vs. Cowboys Theory of History)

Andrew McKenzie-McHarg Revisits the Grandfather of Rational Paranoia, Carl Oglesby

By Andrew McKenzie-McHarg | June 24, 2026

Are Elder Millennial Women in America Ok? A Historical Accounting

Are Elder Millennial Women in America Ok? A Historical Accounting

Sarah Flocken on What It Means to Be Trapped in Endless Cycles of Belief and Cynicism

By Sarah Flocken | June 23, 2026

On Integrating Unions and Finding “Good White People” in Midcentury Minnesota

On Integrating Unions and Finding “Good White People” in Midcentury Minnesota

Justin Ellis Explores the Labor History of Minneapolis’s Multi-Ethnic Working Class

By Justin Ellis | June 23, 2026

Five Anti-Colonial Travel Narratives You Should Read Before Your Next Trip

Five Anti-Colonial Travel Narratives You Should Read Before Your Next Trip

Terria Smith Recommends Tété-Michel Kpomassie, Noé Álvarez, Jamaica Kincaid and More

By Terria Smith | June 23, 2026

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