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The Hidden Story of Black History and Black Lives Before the Civil Rights Movement

The Hidden Story of Black History and Black Lives Before the Civil Rights Movement

From Dylan C. Penningroth Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Before the Movement”

By Dylan C. Penningroth | September 13, 2024

Thomas Frank on How the Harris-Walz Ticket Can Win Red State Voters

Thomas Frank on How the Harris-Walz Ticket Can Win Red State Voters

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell on “Fiction/Non/Fiction”

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 12, 2024

More Guns, More Money: How America Turned Weapons Into a Consumer Commodity

More Guns, More Money: How America Turned Weapons Into a Consumer Commodity

From Andrew C. McKevitt's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Gun Country”

By Andrew C. McKevitt | September 12, 2024

When Threats of Violence Come to University Libraries

When Threats of Violence Come to University Libraries

Ellen O’Connell Whittet Considers the Impact of Bomb Threats and the Rhetoric of School Shooters

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | September 11, 2024

Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

The Author of “Magically Black and Other Essays” Reflects on Serena Williams, Gang Signs, and “Scaring the White Folks”

By Jerald Walker | September 10, 2024

American universities continue to punish pro-Palestinian speech.

American universities continue to punish pro-Palestinian speech.

By Brittany Allen | September 9, 2024

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Modern Gun Ownership is Just Another Consumer Fantasy About Empowerment

By Alex Trimble Young | September 9, 2024

Censorship Through Centuries: On the Long Fight for Queer Liberation

By Rebecca L. Davis | September 9, 2024

The Internet Archive lost their latest appeal. Here's what that means for you.

By Brittany Allen | September 6, 2024

Little Free Library has a new map to help places hit hardest by book bans.

Little Free Library has a new map to help places hit hardest by book bans.

By James Folta | September 5, 2024

American Nightmare: Alice Driver on the Immigrants Who Risked Their Lives at a Meatpacking Plant During Covid

American Nightmare: Alice Driver on the Immigrants Who Risked Their Lives at a Meatpacking Plant During Covid

The Author of “Life and Death of the American Worker” in Conversation with Sarah Viren

By Sarah Viren | September 5, 2024

Spammy political fundraising texts from fictional characters.

Spammy political fundraising texts from fictional characters.

By James Folta | September 4, 2024

Don’t Look Back: Diary of a Life in Gaza

Don’t Look Back: Diary of a Life in Gaza

Nahil Mohana on the Toll of Living with Endless Displacement and Fear

By Nahil Mohana | September 4, 2024

Seven literary(ish) Substacks you should subscribe to, stat.

Seven literary(ish) Substacks you should subscribe to, stat.

By Brittany Allen | August 30, 2024

Intifada: On Being an Arabic Literature Professor in a Time of Genocide

Intifada: On Being an Arabic Literature Professor in a Time of Genocide

“How difficult and treacherous our paths are, always, within this country and its institutions.”

By Huda Fakhreddine | August 29, 2024

As Much Power As the President: How Billionaires Became More Influential than World Leaders

As Much Power As the President: How Billionaires Became More Influential than World Leaders

Rob Larson on Income Inequality, Blurring Class Distinctions, and How Money Became Synonymous with Power

By Rob Larson | August 29, 2024

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