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Remembering Gloria Steinem, author and agent of the second wave.

Remembering Gloria Steinem, author and agent of the second wave.

By Brittany Allen | September 3, 2026

Abdelrahman ElGendy on Writing From Inside a Prison Cell

Abdelrahman ElGendy on Writing From Inside a Prison Cell

Samaa Khullar speaks to the former political prisoner and author of the memoir Huna

By Samaa Khullar | September 2, 2026

Enough! An Open Letter from Jewish Creatives and Thinkers in Defense of Mark Ruffalo

Enough! An Open Letter from Jewish Creatives and Thinkers in Defense of Mark Ruffalo

By Dan Sheehan | September 1, 2026

Catherine Lacey on an Antifascist Classic of Catalan Literature

Catherine Lacey on an Antifascist Classic of Catalan Literature

In Praise of Montserrat Roig’s Goodbye Ramona, Translated by Megan Berkobien and María Cristina Hall

By Catherine Lacey | August 26, 2026

What <em>Anne of Green Gables</em> Reveals About White Girlhood

What Anne of Green Gables Reveals About White Girlhood

Sarah Mesle Explores the Myths Behind the Power of White Femininity in 1980s America

By Sarah Mesle | August 26, 2026

How American Bureaucracy (Literally) Steals Years From Your Life

How American Bureaucracy (Literally) Steals Years From Your Life

Annie Lowrey Considers the Impact of Administrative Burden on American’s Trust in Their Government

By Annie Lowrey | August 26, 2026

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Self-Mythologizing on the Radio: A Brief History of Audio Patriotism

By Sarah Montague | August 26, 2026

Explore a rare collection of LGBTQ+ children’s books dating back to 1969.

By Brittany Allen | August 25, 2026

Data Centers: The Latest Thing to Destroy Beautiful West Virginia

By Matthew Neill Null | August 25, 2026

On the Rise of White Christian Nationalism in the US

On the Rise of White Christian Nationalism in the US

Jared Huffman Chronicles the Evolution of Right-Wing Christianity, From the Moral Majority to MAGA

By Jared Huffman | August 25, 2026

Steven Thrasher on the Killing of Jason Arday

Steven Thrasher on the Killing of Jason Arday

“Jason was not just hounded out of academia, he was hounded out of existence.”

By Steven W. Thrasher | August 24, 2026

How Technology-Assisted Surveillance Promotes Racial Bias in Policing

How Technology-Assisted Surveillance Promotes Racial Bias in Policing

R. Joshua Scannell on the Intersection Between the Carceral State and Big Tech

By R. Joshua Scannell | August 24, 2026

How Accusations Against Black Academics Point to the Real End of “Woke 1.0”

How Accusations Against Black Academics Point to the Real End of “Woke 1.0”

The tragedy of Jason Arday reflects a rigged game for today’s Black scholars.

By Brittany Allen | August 19, 2026

11 Books About Women Who Rewrote Life and Art

11 Books About Women Who Rewrote Life and Art

Anne E. Fernald Recommends Tove Jansson, Katie Kitamura, Ntozake Shange, and More

By Anne E. Fernald | August 19, 2026

Now Amazon is destroying rare books to train its AI.

Now Amazon is destroying rare books to train its AI.

By Brittany Allen | August 17, 2026

Everything But the Burden: </br>Greg Tate, John Henryism, and the Cost of Solidarity

Everything But the Burden:
Greg Tate, John Henryism, and the Cost of Solidarity

Steven W. Thrasher on the Reissue of Flyboy in the Buttermilk—and what it can teach us about solidarity

By Steven W. Thrasher | August 17, 2026

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