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On the Infinite Fault Lines of Contemporary Life

On the Infinite Fault Lines of Contemporary Life

"What is the Opposite of a Border?" Wonders Asiya Wadud

By Asiya Wadud | December 3, 2018

The Aesthetics of the Dictator

The Aesthetics of the Dictator

Donald Trump's Radical Remaking of America is Anything
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For British Socialists, Fairy Tales Were the Best Way to Get the Message Out

For British Socialists, Fairy Tales Were the Best Way to Get the Message Out

Read "Nightmare Bridge" by Glanville Maidstone

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What It Was Like to Work With Julian Assange on Publishing Wikileaks

What It Was Like to Work With Julian Assange on Publishing Wikileaks

The Former Editor of The Guardian on a Tumultuous Time at the Paper

By Alan Rusbridger | November 27, 2018

On Ratchet Respectability and Beyoncé's Sexual Politics

On Ratchet Respectability and Beyoncé's Sexual Politics

Omise'eke Tinsley and Revolutions in Black Feminism

By Omise'eke Tinsley | November 21, 2018

The Time Halldor Laxness Was Almost Deported from America

The Time Halldor Laxness Was Almost Deported from America

And How the ACLU Saved Him

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What the Stoic Philosophers Knew About Being Free

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Eula Biss: Grappling with Whiteness in Two Iowa Towns

Eula Biss: Grappling with Whiteness in Two Iowa Towns

"I saw my whiteness, dancing there, mocking me, daring me to try to understand it."

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