Sally Rooney can no longer safely enter the UK.

Sally Rooney can no longer safely enter the UK.

The author won the Sky Award, but couldn't collect it in person.

By Brittany Allen | September 18, 2025

How the English Civil War Shaped the Future of Great Britain

How the English Civil War Shaped the Future of Great Britain

Jonathan Healey on the Political Turmoil That Marred the Year of 1642

By Jonathan Healey | September 18, 2025

How Feminists Fought to Formally Recognize Women’s Domestic Labor

How Feminists Fought to Formally Recognize Women’s Domestic Labor

From Emily Callaci's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Wages for Housework”

By Emily Callaci | September 18, 2025

How a Heart Attack Helped Trymaine Lee Find Meaning in Black Survival

How a Heart Attack Helped Trymaine Lee Find Meaning in Black Survival

“A blood clot and a bullet are very different things. But both have the ability to take and twist a life.”

By Trymaine Lee | September 17, 2025

3 Nobel laureates are among the writers urging France to resume evacuations from Gaza.

3 Nobel laureates are among the writers urging France to resume evacuations from Gaza.

By Dan Sheehan | September 16, 2025

Sara Stridsberg on Reading Omar El Akkad Amidst the Serbian Protests

Sara Stridsberg on Reading Omar El Akkad Amidst the Serbian Protests

“I still take El Akkad’s book with me everywhere, holding it tight as if it can save my soul. It can’t.”

By Sara Stridsberg | September 15, 2025

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Everything you need to know about the Powell's AI slop snafu—and what we can all learn from it.

Everything you need to know about the Powell's AI slop snafu—and what we can all learn from it.

By Brittany Allen | September 9, 2025

The Case for Polyamory: Alejandro Varela on Writing a Novel That Questions Everything

The Case for Polyamory: Alejandro Varela on Writing a Novel That Questions Everything

“Once society’s fallibility becomes apparent, everything else comes into question.”

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Friedrich Engels Predicted Modern Gentrification 150 Years Ago

Friedrich Engels Predicted Modern Gentrification 150 Years Ago

P.E. Moskowitz Wonders What Makes a City “Valuable”?

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Never thought $1.5 billion was a small amount of money until this AI settlement.

Never thought $1.5 billion was a small amount of money until this AI settlement.

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How Ms. Rachel is using her platform to school American grown-ups.

How Ms. Rachel is using her platform to school American grown-ups.

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This week's news in Venn diagrams

This week's news in Venn diagrams

By James Folta | September 5, 2025

The WWI Battle That Never Ended: Finding Unexploded Mines in Verdun’s Fields

The WWI Battle That Never Ended: Finding Unexploded Mines in Verdun’s Fields

Michael Jerome Plunkett on France's De-miners and Discoveries While Writing a War Novel

By Michael Jerome Plunkett | September 5, 2025

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