• Politics

    Political Violence

    Arthur Miller on the Surreal, Ideological Violence Underlying the 1968 Democratic Convention

    By Arthur Miller  January 4, 2021
    Keen On

    The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America

    By Keen On  December 30, 2020
    Refugees

    The Literary Risk-Takers: On New Migrant and Refugee Fiction

    By John Domini  December 29, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Rev. William Barber on the Reality of COVID-19 Deaths and Why We’re Not Eulogizing

    By The Quarantine Tapes  December 29, 2020
    Keen On

    The Planet Needs Saving from Capitalism, Not People

    By Keen On  December 28, 2020
    News and Culture

    In a Time of Climate Crisis, How Can We Teach Children About Reciprocity?

    By Cara Hoffman  December 23, 2020
    Keen On

    When the White Working Class Turned Against Liberalism

    By Keen On  December 23, 2020
    Literary Theory

    What Happened in the 80s? On the Rise of Literary Theory in American Academia

    By H. Aram Veeser and Jane Gallop  December 23, 2020
    The Final Countdown

    The Ten Biggest Literary Stories
    of the Year

    By Emily Temple  December 22, 2020
    News and Culture

    ‘We Are Not Saved. We Are Reprieved.’ On the Defeat of Donald Trump

    By Todd Gitlin  December 22, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Sarah Broom: ‘We Are Making Art for Each Other and for Our Survival’

    By The Quarantine Tapes  December 22, 2020
    Keen On

    Does America Really Deserve a ‘Seat at the Head of the Table’?

    By Keen On  December 22, 2020
    Activism

    Facing Crisis Together: On the Revolutionary Potential of Mutual Aid

    By Alisa Bohling  December 21, 2020
    Keen On

    On 1979 and the Unraveling of the Modern Middle East

    By Keen On  December 21, 2020
    Technology

    On Artificial Intelligence, White Supremacy, and the Military-Industrial Complex

    By Yarden Katz  December 18, 2020
    Keen On

    In Praise of Calling Out Our Absurd and Immoral Economic System

    By Keen On  December 18, 2020
    The Final Countdown

    The Biggest Literary Stories
    of the Year: 30 to 11

    By Emily Temple  December 17, 2020
    Dictators

    Trumpism: The Movement That Will Outlast Its Leader

    By Cynthia Tucker  December 17, 2020
    Colonialism

    How the Specter of Islam Fueled European Colonization in the Americas

    By Alan Mikhail  December 17, 2020
    Keen On

    Could We Design the Internet to Function Like a Public Park?

    By Keen On  December 17, 2020
    Abortion Rights

    Abortion is Already a Whisper-Network Procedure All Over America

    By Christa Parravani  December 17, 2020
    On Whiteness

    White Noise, White Silence: Who Gets to Be Loud in
    Today’s America?

    By Kelly Marie Coyne  December 17, 2020
    News and Culture

    Giving Up Capitalism Doesn’t Mean Giving Up Pleasure

    By Kate Aronoff  December 16, 2020
    Illness

    Interpreter of Maladies: On Virginia Woolf’s Writings About Illness
    and Disability

    By Gabrielle Bellot  December 16, 2020
    Keen On

    When Healing the Environment Means Hurting the Poor

    By Keen On  December 16, 2020
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