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Turning Away Refugees is an American Tradition

Turning Away Refugees is an American Tradition

Life Amid the Largest Group of Displaced People in History

By Inara Verzemnieks | July 31, 2017

Mental Illness is Not a Capital Crime

Mental Illness is Not a Capital Crime

On the Disproportionate Impact of Police Violence on Women of Color

By Andrea J. Ritchie | July 31, 2017

Trump's Shameful, Cruel Ban on People Like Me

Trump's Shameful, Cruel Ban on People Like Me

His Presidency Can Never Be Normalized, But My Shame Has Been

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 28, 2017

Is It Still Possible to Satirize America?

Is It Still Possible to Satirize America?

When "Absurdist, Futuristic Satire" Becomes Reality

By Sean Gandert | July 28, 2017

Mary Gaitskill's Classic Essay on John McCain

Mary Gaitskill's Classic Essay on John McCain

From the 2008 Presidential Campaign

By Mary Gaitskill | July 28, 2017

We Want Our Refugees and Exiles to Be Victims

We Want Our Refugees and Exiles to Be Victims

"I am Now Obliged to Tell a Story, But Only the One Particular Story"

By Ece Temelkuran | July 27, 2017

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Where Does Palestine Begin?

By Yasmin El-Rifae | July 21, 2017

Decolonial Theory Should Not Be Safely Contained Within the Classroom

By Evelyn Araluen | July 21, 2017

The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Gentrification

The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Gentrification

Brandon Harris on a Decade of Magical Thinking in Bed-Stuy

By Brandon Harris | July 20, 2017

Baldwin vs. Buckley: A Debate We Shouldn't Need, As Important As Ever

Baldwin vs. Buckley: A Debate We Shouldn't Need, As Important As Ever

Gabrielle Bellot on America's Foundational Divide

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 20, 2017

Disposable People, Dying to Build a City in the Desert

Disposable People, Dying to Build a City in the Desert

Behind the Exploitative Labor Practices that Inspired Temporary People

By Beenish Ahmed | July 20, 2017

Jane Austen, Political Symbol of Early Feminism

Jane Austen, Political Symbol of Early Feminism

On the Appearance of a Literary Icon at the First Women's Marches

By Devoney Looser | July 18, 2017

Looking at the Other in the Midst of War

Looking at the Other in the Midst of War

Sarah Sentilles on Empathy, Art, and Abu Ghraib

By Sarah Sentilles | July 17, 2017

Thoreau on Trump, Twitter, and Fake News

Thoreau on Trump, Twitter, and Fake News

The Ongoing and Depressing Relevance of a 200-Year-Old Thinker

By Emily Temple | July 12, 2017

Howard Zinn on Henry David Thoreau and When to Resist an Immoral State

Howard Zinn on Henry David Thoreau and When to Resist an Immoral State

“The law will never make men free; it is men who make the law free.”

By Howard Zinn | July 12, 2017

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