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Florida’s Commissioner of Education thinks Jane Austen was an American.

Florida’s Commissioner of Education thinks Jane Austen was an American.

By James Folta | July 19, 2024

Joe Biden’s Gaza Problem: It’s Not Just the Pundit Class That Wants Him Gone

Joe Biden’s Gaza Problem: It’s Not Just the Pundit Class That Wants Him Gone

Dan Sheehan on Progressives’ Anger with the Current President

By Dan Sheehan | July 19, 2024

What the Gradual Corporate Capture of the Supreme Court Means For Democracy

What the Gradual Corporate Capture of the Supreme Court Means For Democracy

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Jennifer Mueller on the Current Dangers Facing the American Judiciary

By Sheldon Whitehouse and Jennifer Mueller | July 19, 2024

How America’s Sex Education—and Oversexed Culture—Continues to Fail Women

How America’s Sex Education—and Oversexed Culture—Continues to Fail Women

Natalie Lampert on Moving the Conversation About Controlling Women’s Bodies Beyond Abortion

By Natalie Lampert | July 19, 2024

JD Vance is the Toxic Byproduct of America’s Obsession with Bootstrap Narratives

JD Vance is the Toxic Byproduct of America’s Obsession with Bootstrap Narratives

Alissa Quart on the Art of the Deal of the Hillbilly

By Alissa Quart | July 18, 2024

Rebecca Solnit: It’s the Pundits Who Have Turned on Biden, Not the Party

Rebecca Solnit: It’s the Pundits Who Have Turned on Biden, Not the Party

On the Danger of Abandoning the Car That Got You There

By Rebecca Solnit | July 16, 2024

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“Weaponized Autism.” Shame, Pride, and the Making and Undoing of the Alt-Right

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Leveling the Legal Playing Field: Why Everyone Deserves Their Day in Court

By Abbe Smith | July 12, 2024

Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nosedive.

By Brittany Allen | July 11, 2024

20 Canadian authors have withdrawn from the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

20 Canadian authors have withdrawn from the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

By Dan Sheehan | July 10, 2024

Jan Carson on Capturing the Failures of Northern Ireland in Fiction

Jan Carson on Capturing the Failures of Northern Ireland in Fiction

The Author of "Quickly, While They Still Have Horses" Reflects on a Country's Disappointing Lack of Progress

By Jan Carson | July 10, 2024

If You’re Going to Platform Extremists You Should At Least Check Their Facts

If You’re Going to Platform Extremists You Should At Least Check Their Facts

Maris Kreizman on Publishing’s Nonfiction Problem

By Maris Kreizman | July 9, 2024

Word Are Deeds: Rebecca Solnit the Power of Speech to Shape the Future

Word Are Deeds: Rebecca Solnit the Power of Speech to Shape the Future

“Your opponents would love you to believe that it’s hopeless, that you have no power.”

By Rebecca Solnit | July 3, 2024

Gaza Diaries: “We Left Our Souls at Home.”

Gaza Diaries: “We Left Our Souls at Home.”

From Heba Al-Agha’s Account of the last Eight Months of Israel’s War on Gaza (trans. Julia Choucair Vizoso)

By Heba Al-Agha and Julia Choucair Vizoso | July 3, 2024

Remembering Samuel Roth, the Bookseller Who Defied America’s Obscenity Laws

Remembering Samuel Roth, the Bookseller Who Defied America’s Obscenity Laws

Ed Simon on Free Speech, Book Bans and Court-Mandated Censorship, Then and Now

By Ed Simon | July 3, 2024

Support One Moment, Racism the Next: On Being a Black Nigerian Man in America

Support One Moment, Racism the Next: On Being a Black Nigerian Man in America

Samuel Kọláwọlé Recounts His Painful Entry Into the United States

By Samuel Kóláwólé | July 3, 2024

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