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: Exposing the Institutionalized Cruelty of the “Troubled Teen Industry”
Deirdre Sugiuchi on the Adaptation of a
Groundbreaking “Exvangelical” Memoir
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Deirdre Sugiuchi
| October 22, 2025
Why Philip Pullman’s Books Are More Important Than Ever in Speaking Truth to Power
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Aisling Walsh
| October 17, 2025
Singing For Freedom: How Those Fleeing Slavery Found New Lives in the North
Tom Zoellner on the Role of Music and Faith in the Experiences of the Formerly Enslaved
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Tom Zoellner
| October 17, 2025
What It’s Like to Live a Queer Life in the United Arab Emirates
Gaar Adams Explores the Power of Performance in Abu Dhabi, From Concerts to Karaoke Bars
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Gaar Adams
| October 3, 2025
Who Was the Real, Historical Mary, Mother of Jesus?
James D. Tabor on the Lesser-Examined Side of a Central Figure of the Christian Faith
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James D. Tabor
| September 30, 2025
How the Oslo Accords Fragmented Palestine and Uprooted a People
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| August 27, 2025
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Between Myth and Modernity: On Persian Stories, Identity, and the US-Iran Divide
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| July 23, 2025
On the Decades-Long Erasure of Jewish Working-Class Anti-Zionism
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| July 23, 2025
A Planet’s Pain: On Healing Climate Grief Through Ritual and Reverence
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| July 21, 2025
The Tale of Elaine Yoneda, a Jewish Woman in a Japanese American Concentration Camp
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| July 10, 2025
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| July 9, 2025
Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander Have Shown Us a Way Forward
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| June 26, 2025
The Synagogue in the Heart of the Delta: Exploring Jewish Culture in Rural Mississippi
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Lauren Rhoades
| June 12, 2025
First Memories, First Lessons: Chyana Marie Sage on Grief, Narratives, and Cree Spirituality
The Author of "Soft as Bones" Offers Up Her Life in Fragments
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Chyana Marie Sage
| May 28, 2025
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"Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"