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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

How Do We Balance the Needs of the Earth With the Needs of Humanity?

How Do We Balance the Needs of the Earth With the Needs of Humanity?

C.L. Skach Considers the Arbitrary Nature of the Laws That Govern Our Relationship With the Land

By C. L. Skach | July 2, 2024

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Blood-Soaked Handkerchiefs and Burnt Dresses: The Lizzie Borden Trial, as Told in a Newspaper of the Time

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What We Can Learn From the Boy Scouts of America’s Fight For LGBTQ+ Equality

By Mike De Socio | June 28, 2024

What the Rise of Techno-Humanitarianism Means For Crisis-Hit Communities Across the Globe

What the Rise of Techno-Humanitarianism Means For Crisis-Hit Communities Across the Globe

Jean-Martin Bauer on the Use of Technology to Resolve Global Hunger and Food Insecurity

By Jean-Martin Bauer | June 26, 2024

What Unlearning Zionism Can Teach American Jews About Israel and Palestine

What Unlearning Zionism Can Teach American Jews About Israel and Palestine

Oren Kroll-Zeldin on Jewish Identity, Community Myths and Personal and Political Transformation

By Oren Kroll-Zeldin | June 26, 2024

An End to Exclusivity: On the Fight For Equitable Land Distribution in Minnesota

An End to Exclusivity: On the Fight For Equitable Land Distribution in Minnesota

Audrea Lim Considers the Reparative Possibilities of Land Ownership for Marginalized Communities

By Audrea Lim | June 26, 2024

75 Years of <em>1984</em>: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever

75 Years of 1984: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever

Elif Shafak on the Relentless Real-World Spread of Orwellian Dystopia

By Elif Shafak | June 24, 2024

Roe, Dobbs, and Reproductive Justice Lit: A Reading List for Abortion Advocacy

Roe, Dobbs, and Reproductive Justice Lit: A Reading List for Abortion Advocacy

Merle Hoffman Recommends Laura Kaplan, Dorothy Roberts, Rickie Solinger, and More

By Merle Hoffman | June 24, 2024

Why American Journalists Should Be Outraged About the Dozens of Palestinian Journalists Jailed in Israel

Why American Journalists Should Be Outraged About the Dozens of Palestinian Journalists Jailed in Israel

"If journalism is not a crime, then it should not be treated as a crime by any government for any journalist."

By Steven W. Thrasher | June 21, 2024

How Activists Across the Pacific Northwest Planned the 1999 Seattle WTO Protests

How Activists Across the Pacific Northwest Planned the 1999 Seattle WTO Protests

DW Gibson Looks Back on the Environmentalist and Anti-Globalization Movements of the 1990s

By DW Gibson | June 21, 2024

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