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Can We Really Claim That Civilization is on the Steady Path of Progress?
Samuel Miller McDonald on Black Liberation, the Abolition of Slavery,
and the Myth of Progress
By
Samuel Miller McDonald
| December 12, 2025
Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?
By
James Folta
| December 11, 2025
Marco Rubio’s State Department has deleted Calibri and installed Times New Roman.
By
James Folta
| December 10, 2025
Here’s why writers are raging about the Netflix-WB merger.
By
Brittany Allen
| December 10, 2025
On the Haunted History of Apartheid in South Africa
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By
Nadia Davids
| December 10, 2025
Why Joan Didion Hated the Police
Scott Saul on a Little-Known Essay by California’s Famed Chronicler of the Counterculture
By
Scott Saul
| December 9, 2025
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| December 9, 2025
You can help build the first public library in Gaza since the genocide began.
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James Folta
| December 8, 2025
Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment.
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Drew Broussard
| December 8, 2025
This week’s news in Venn diagrams.
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James Folta
| December 5, 2025
The US will reinstate library grants canceled by Trump.
By
James Folta
| December 5, 2025
How Indigenous West African Communities Resisted the European Slave Trade
“It was clear to African populations that self-reliance was the only way to survive predatory imperial states.”
By
Sudhir Hazareesingh
| December 5, 2025
Author R.F. Kuang has dropped out of a UAE literary festival, citing the BDS boycott.
By
Brittany Allen
| December 3, 2025
Caro-head Matthew Rhys wants to make a
Power Broker
show with Netflix.
By
James Folta
| December 3, 2025
How It Feels to Watch a Civil War Unfold From the Comfort of Your Living Room
Tareq Baconi on the Experience of Repeated Exile For His Palestinian Refugee Family
By
Tareq Baconi
| December 3, 2025
A kid’s book press had to tell Pete Hegseth to not depict their turtle committing murder.
By
James Folta
| December 2, 2025
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The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
"Tokarczuk is an excellent storyteller She is very good at creating a 'sense of anticipation…"
