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This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | September 4, 2026

How Fordism and Fascism Gave Birth to Modern Car Culture

How Fordism and Fascism Gave Birth to Modern Car Culture

The Zetkin Collective Explores the Intersections of Economic Practice and Authoritarianism in the 20th Century

By The Zetkin Collective | September 4, 2026

How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

From Louise Brangan's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted The Fallen: The Lost Girls of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries and a Legacy of Silence

By Louise Brangan | September 4, 2026

Remembering Gloria Steinem, author and agent of the second wave.

Remembering Gloria Steinem, author and agent of the second wave.

By Brittany Allen | September 3, 2026

Abdelrahman ElGendy on Writing From Inside a Prison Cell

Abdelrahman ElGendy on Writing From Inside a Prison Cell

Samaa Khullar speaks to the former political prisoner and author of the memoir Huna

By Samaa Khullar | September 2, 2026

Enough! An Open Letter from Jewish Creatives and Thinkers in Defense of Mark Ruffalo

Enough! An Open Letter from Jewish Creatives and Thinkers in Defense of Mark Ruffalo

By Dan Sheehan | September 1, 2026

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Catherine Lacey on an Antifascist Classic of Catalan Literature

By Catherine Lacey | August 26, 2026

What Anne of Green Gables Reveals About White Girlhood

By Sarah Mesle | August 26, 2026

How American Bureaucracy (Literally) Steals Years From Your Life

By Annie Lowrey | August 26, 2026

Self-Mythologizing on the Radio: A Brief History of Audio Patriotism

Self-Mythologizing on the Radio: A Brief History of Audio Patriotism

In the Semiquincentennial Year, Sarah Montague Reflects on American Narratives

By Sarah Montague | August 26, 2026

Explore a rare collection of LGBTQ+ children’s books dating back to 1969.

Explore a rare collection of LGBTQ+ children’s books dating back to 1969.

By Brittany Allen | August 25, 2026

Data Centers: The Latest Thing to Destroy Beautiful West Virginia

Data Centers: The Latest Thing to Destroy Beautiful West Virginia

Matthew Neill Null on the Silicon Valley Greed Leaching Into Canaan Valley

By Matthew Neill Null | August 25, 2026

On the Rise of White Christian Nationalism in the US

On the Rise of White Christian Nationalism in the US

Jared Huffman Chronicles the Evolution of Right-Wing Christianity, From the Moral Majority to MAGA

By Jared Huffman | August 25, 2026

Steven Thrasher on the Killing of Jason Arday

Steven Thrasher on the Killing of Jason Arday

“Jason was not just hounded out of academia, he was hounded out of existence.”

By Steven W. Thrasher | August 24, 2026

How Technology-Assisted Surveillance Promotes Racial Bias in Policing

How Technology-Assisted Surveillance Promotes Racial Bias in Policing

R. Joshua Scannell on the Intersection Between the Carceral State and Big Tech

By R. Joshua Scannell | August 24, 2026

How Accusations Against Black Academics Point to the Real End of “Woke 1.0”

How Accusations Against Black Academics Point to the Real End of “Woke 1.0”

The tragedy of Jason Arday reflects a rigged game for today’s Black scholars.

By Brittany Allen | August 19, 2026

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