• Politics

    Hip Hop

    Why Kendrick Lamar is the Most Political Rapper in Modern-Day Pop Culture

    By Miles Marshall Lewis  October 7, 2021
    Just the Right Book

    Evan Osnos on Collective Intervention and Moments of Social Transition

    By Just the Right Book   October 7, 2021
    Book Dreams

    Kaitlyn Greenidge on the Publishing Industry’s Shallow Relationship with Black Literature

    By Book Dreams  October 7, 2021
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Elizabeth Wetmore and Kathryn Nuernberger on SB8, the History of Abortion, and Roe v. Wade in Danger

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 7, 2021
    Keen On

    Randall Kennedy on the Realities and Imaginaries of Race in America

    By Keen On  October 7, 2021
    The Hub

    Jeremy O. Harris pulled Slave Play’s LA premiere over CTG’s lack of female playwrights.

    By Walker Caplan  October 6, 2021
    The Hub

    How an iconic Canadian rock band lured angry teens to the dark arts of Ayn Rand.

    By Jonny Diamond  October 6, 2021
    Climate Crisis

    How Did Kansas Become Ground Zero For the Imminent Water Crisis?

    By Lucas Bessire  October 6, 2021
    Misinformation

    Amitava Kumar: How Can You Write Fiction That Fights Fake News?

    By Amitava Kumar  October 5, 2021
    Activism

    On Racial Injustice and the False Promise of Police Reforms

    By Derecka Purnell  October 5, 2021
    Black Lives Matter

    How the Killing of George Floyd Reflects America’s Repeated History of Racism and Police Brutality

    By Curtis Bunn  October 5, 2021
    Identity

    On Babar: Model of Integration or Crumbling Myth?

    By Faїza Guène and Sarah Ardizzone  October 4, 2021
    Apartheid

    The Complex Freedom of Creating Art as a Black Woman in Post-Apartheid South Africa

    By Colleen van Niekerk  October 4, 2021
    Pirates

    On the Ebb and Flow of 21st-Century Maritime Piracy

    By Bruce Jones  October 1, 2021
    The Hub

    Margaret Atwood, Sandra Cisneros, and more call for the release of three imprisoned Iranian writers.

    By Walker Caplan  September 30, 2021
    Citizenship

    Finding the Hidden Story of America in the 2020 Census

    By Benjamin Morris  September 30, 2021
    New in Nonfiction

    New and Noteworthy Nonfiction to Read This October

    By Literary Hub  September 30, 2021
    #MeToo

    The Credibility Discount: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers

    By Deborah Tuerkheimer  September 30, 2021
    Keen On

    Katharine Hayhoe on Having a New Conversation About Climate Change

    By Keen On  September 30, 2021
    The Hub

    Everything you need to know about the controversy over Obama’s presidential library.

    By Walker Caplan  September 29, 2021
    Rape Culture

    How the Culture of the University Covers Up Abuse

    By Sara Ahmed  September 29, 2021
    Anne-Marie Slaughter

    Anne-Marie Slaughter on Radical Honesty as a Key to Growth

    By Keen On  September 29, 2021
    The Hub

    Bookseller of Kabul vows to stay open despite only two customers since the rise of the Taliban.

    By Jonny Diamond  September 28, 2021
    War

    The New Weapons of War: Disinformation, Economic Coercion, and Online Disruption

    By Seth G. Jones  September 28, 2021
    Keen On

    Joseph Weisberg on Russia and America, the Very Best of Enemies

    By Keen On  September 28, 2021
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