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The Systemic Sexual Violence Hidden in Plain Sight During America’s Slave Trade

The Systemic Sexual Violence Hidden in Plain Sight During America’s Slave Trade

Kali Gross on Slave Owners' Sadism, the Moral Connotations of Skin Colors to Europeans, and Legalized Assault

By Kali Gross | October 4, 2024

Some advice from literature for Mayor Adams and his corrupt friends.

Some advice from literature for Mayor Adams and his corrupt friends.

By James Folta | October 3, 2024

In American Empire, You’re Either Invading or Being Invaded

In American Empire, You’re Either Invading or Being Invaded

Steven W. Thrasher on the Pernicious Narratives That Fuel the Status Quo

By Steven W. Thrasher | October 3, 2024

In Bangladesh, Protest Graffiti Challenged the Murky Narratives of Misinformation

In Bangladesh, Protest Graffiti Challenged the Murky Narratives of Misinformation

Sarah Anjum Bari on the Power of Visible Words

By Sarah Anjum Bari | October 3, 2024

What the Supreme Court Can Learn From a 14th-Century Italian City-State

What the Supreme Court Can Learn From a 14th-Century Italian City-State

Liesl Schillinger on the Cautionary Art—and Good Governance—of Siena’s “Golden Age”

By Liesl Schillinger | October 3, 2024

A Long, Vital Tradition: Nine Books That Imagine What a Black Utopia Could Be

A Long, Vital Tradition: Nine Books That Imagine What a Black Utopia Could Be

Aaron Robertson Recommends Victoria Wolcott, Nell Irvin Painter, Wilson Jeremiah Moses, and More

By Aaron Robertson | October 2, 2024

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Jhumpa Lahiri refused an award for artistic integrity from a museum that fired staff over kaffiyehs.

By Brittany Allen | September 27, 2024

How Racist Policies Destroyed Public Housing and Created the American Suburbs

By Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis | September 25, 2024

What Organized Labor Movements Today Need to Learn from the Cold War Era’s Failures

By Jeff Schuhrke | September 25, 2024

Isabella Hammad’s (Incomplete) Essential List of Books About Palestine

Isabella Hammad’s (Incomplete) Essential List of Books About Palestine

Featuring Jean Genet, Ghassan Kanafani, Mahmoud Darwish, and More

By Isabella Hammad | September 24, 2024

After Apalachee: How America’s Gun Violence Epidemic Affects Us All

After Apalachee: How America’s Gun Violence Epidemic Affects Us All

“I’m hoping against hope—but I won’t stop believing—I’ll even pray that, after Apalachee, everything will become different.”

By Deirdre Sugiuchi | September 24, 2024

How Jack London Foresaw the Anti-Democratic Future With <em>The Iron Heel</em>

How Jack London Foresaw the Anti-Democratic Future With The Iron Heel

Ken McGoogan on the Dangers of Oligarchic Totalitarian Rule in Fiction and in Real Life

By Ken McGoogan | September 23, 2024

Lifeline, Cash-Grab, Tool for Censorship: Three Incarcerated Readers on eBooks in Prison

Lifeline, Cash-Grab, Tool for Censorship: Three Incarcerated Readers on eBooks in Prison

“Access to reading materials is being stymied via policies that claim security.”

By Literary Hub | September 20, 2024

The Best Books for Understanding the Far Right “Constitutional Sheriff” Movement

The Best Books for Understanding the Far Right “Constitutional Sheriff” Movement

Jessica Pishko Recommends 11 Essential Works on Extremism

By Jessica Pishko | September 19, 2024

How Greenwich Village’s Iconic, Iconoclastic Music Scene Came to Be

How Greenwich Village’s Iconic, Iconoclastic Music Scene Came to Be

David Browne on Max Gordon, Prohibition, and the Transformative Creation of the Village Vanguard

By David Browne | September 18, 2024

Timothy Snyder on How the Collapse of the Soviet Union Took America By Surprise

Timothy Snyder on How the Collapse of the Soviet Union Took America By Surprise

What Freedom Means in Moments of Economic and Political Transformation

By Timothy Snyder | September 17, 2024

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