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The Real Reason the Rent Is Too Damn High: Greed-Driven Corporate Algorithms

The Real Reason the Rent Is Too Damn High: Greed-Driven Corporate Algorithms

Lindsay Owens on Landlords and the Reality Behind Raised Rent

By Lindsay Owens | October 14, 2026

How Newspapers Helped Democratize Knowledge and Civic Participation

How Newspapers Helped Democratize Knowledge and Civic Participation

James Marriott on the Relationship Between Free Societies and a Literate Populace

By James Marriott | October 14, 2026

A Reckoning With Civilization Itself: How the Genocide in Gaza Reshaped the Middle East

A Reckoning With Civilization Itself: How the Genocide in Gaza Reshaped the Middle East

Marwan Bishara Considers the Impact of Israel’s War on the Broader Region

By Marwan Bishara | October 13, 2026

March 5, 1933: The Election That Destroyed German Democracy

March 5, 1933: The Election That Destroyed German Democracy

Timothy Ryback on the Parallels Between the Lead-Up to Hitler’s Electoral Victory and the 2026 Midterms

By Timothy Ryback | October 9, 2026

The Third Circuit finds that AI companies can’t use material with an original “creative spark.”

The Third Circuit finds that AI companies can’t use material with an original “creative spark.”

By James Folta | October 8, 2026

Writing in Times of War: Oleksandr Mykhed on Losing Ukrainian Books to Russian Bombs

Writing in Times of War: Oleksandr Mykhed on Losing Ukrainian Books to Russian Bombs

“At some point, the body grows tired of feeling constantly under threat.”

By Oleksandr Mykhed | October 7, 2026

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Leah C. Stokes Talks Activism, Democracy and the Struggle For the Earth with Bill McKibben

By Bill McKibben | October 7, 2026

An Undocumented War: Inside Deportation’s Machinery of Violence

By Daniel Peña | October 7, 2026

What Brazil’s Political Convulsions Reveal About the Global Far-Right

By Rodrigo Nunes | October 7, 2026

Inside the ALA’s list of the 150 most banned books of the last 35 years.

Inside the ALA’s list of the 150 most banned books of the last 35 years.

By Brittany Allen | October 5, 2026

How the British Media Legitimized J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia

How the British Media Legitimized J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia

Gina Gwenffrewi on the Poisonous Media Discourse of Anti-Trans Panic in the United Kingdom

By Gina Gwenffrewi | October 5, 2026

How the American Media Manipulated the Public to Support War in Iraq

How the American Media Manipulated the Public to Support War in Iraq

Assal Rad on the Parallels Between Journalists’ Treatment of the Invasion of Iraq and the Genocide in Gaza

By Assal Rad | October 2, 2026

How Jimmy Stewart in <em>It’s a Wonderful Life</em> Embodies the Best of America

How Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life Embodies the Best of America

Emily St. James and Lauren Theisen In Praise of George Bailey

By Emily St. James and Lauren Theisen | October 2, 2026

Russia has destroyed “one third of all the books printed in Ukraine this year.”

Russia has destroyed “one third of all the books printed in Ukraine this year.”

By Brittany Allen | October 1, 2026

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is expanding to serve more kids.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is expanding to serve more kids.

By Brittany Allen | October 1, 2026

Why We are Suing the City of Los Angeles to Save Libraries

Why We are Suing the City of Los Angeles to Save Libraries

A conversation between Jenan Matari and Nora Lester Murad

By Jenan A. Matari and Nora Lester Murad | September 30, 2026

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