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    Literary Criticism

    John Lee Clark on Why Capitalization Matters to the DeafBlind Community

    By John Lee Clark  October 17, 2023
    Immigrant Stories

    The Divided Self is Every Immigrant’s Legacy

    By Thrity Umrigar  October 13, 2023
    End Times

    Aleksandar Hemon on Living at the End of Time

    By Aleksander Hemon  October 12, 2023
    Terrorism

    What A Long History of Terror Tells Us About Modern France

    By Nabila Ramdani  October 6, 2023
    Civil Rights

    The Hidden Story of Black History and Black Lives Before the Civil Rights Movement

    By Dylan C. Penningroth  October 4, 2023
    Poverty

    Legacies Both Ragged and Rich: Michelle Tea on Poverty and the American Family

    By Michelle Tea  October 3, 2023
    Cundill History Prize

    How US Intelligence Agencies Hid Their Most Shameful Experiments

    By Matthew Connelly  October 2, 2023
    Guns

    “Come and Take It”: How the Aftermath of Sandy Hook Led to More AR-15s Being Sold Than Ever Before

    By Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson  October 2, 2023
    Militarism

    Agency, Power, and the Armed Forces: On the Shifting Role of Women at War

    By Cynthia Enloe  September 22, 2023
    Motherhood

    We Need a Motherf*cking Break: On Mom Rage and the Fantasy of Joint Custody

    By Minna Dubin  September 21, 2023
    Feminist History

    We Are Not Alone: 50 Years of Ms. Magazine

    By Gloria Steinem  September 20, 2023
    Censorship

    Fire and Fury and the First Amendment: How Trump Tried to Censor His Critics

    By John Sargent  September 20, 2023
    Libraries

    The Spy Who Shushed Me: How the Government Is Removing Our Right to Read in Private

    By Anthony Aycock  September 18, 2023
    Media

    Recognition Chains: How Digital Platforms Influence What We Consume

    By Michèle Lamont  September 18, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Andy Borowitz and A. J. Jacobs on Living in the Age of Ignorance

    By Literary Hub  September 14, 2023
    Criminal Justice

    Parole For Pay: How America’s Criminal Justice System Was Slowly Privatized

    By Vincent Schiraldi  September 12, 2023
    Education

    Nikhil Goyal on the Ongoing Struggle for American Public Education

    By Diane Ravitch  September 8, 2023
    In Conversation

    “Code words to say what can’t be said”: James Hannaham Talks to a Writer in Solitary Confinement

    By Moira Marquis  September 5, 2023
    Social Media

    How Big Tech Helps Promote Disinformation—And How It Can Help Stop It

    By Lee McIntyre  August 30, 2023
    Incarcerated Writers

    Good Writing in a Bad Place: How One Incarcerated Writer Feeds His Craft

    By Robert Lee Williams  August 28, 2023
    Baillie Gifford Prize

    Rape As a Weapon: A Tragedy Both Ancient and Modern

    By Christina Lamb  August 25, 2023
    Activism

    How the Vietnam War Accelerated Generational Divides in America

    By Drew Gilpin Faust  August 24, 2023
    Censorship

    Dotted Lines: On Writing and Humiliation Under Iranian Censorship

    By Moeen Farrokhi  August 24, 2023
    On Race

    The Battle to Fulfill the Racial Promise of Shaker Heights

    By Laura Meckler  August 22, 2023
    Book Research

    Violence Against Women: Where Fact Meets Fiction

    By Peace Adzo Medie  August 17, 2023
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