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Winter is Here: On the Chilling Effect of Elon Musk and Donald Trump

Winter is Here: On the Chilling Effect of Elon Musk and Donald Trump

Rob Spillman Worries About the Growing Specter of Self-Censorship

By Rob Spillman | February 13, 2025

Memories of a Military Coup: Making Sense of a Vanishing Haitian Heritage

Memories of a Military Coup: Making Sense of a Vanishing Haitian Heritage

Rich Benjamin on Daniel Fignolé, Papa Doc Duvalier, and the Kidnapping That Changed His Family

By Rich Benjamin | February 13, 2025

How Authors Against Book Bans helped defeat attempted library censorship in Florida.

How Authors Against Book Bans helped defeat attempted library censorship in Florida.

By James Folta | February 12, 2025

Looking the Palestinian in the Eye

Looking the Palestinian in the Eye

Nicki Kattoura on Mohammed El-Kurd’s “Perfect Victims”

By Nicki Kattoura | February 12, 2025

The Great (Un)Equalizer: How Black and Native Families Struggle to Achieve Social Mobility Through Education

The Great (Un)Equalizer: How Black and Native Families Struggle to Achieve Social Mobility Through Education

Eve L. Ewing on the Structural Factors Behind Economic and Educational Inequality in America

By Eve L. Ewing | February 12, 2025

From Community Organizer to Novelist: Alejandro Heredia Finds a Balance Between Art and Activism

From Community Organizer to Novelist: Alejandro Heredia Finds a Balance Between Art and Activism

“Fiction offers us a way of looking at people’s interior and interconnected lives that... holds space for contradiction.”

By Alejandro Heredia | February 12, 2025

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Late capitalism got you down? Join this (free!) Fredric Jameson study group.

By Brittany Allen | February 11, 2025

How the Horrors of the 20th Century Shaped the Ongoing Moral Catastrophe in Gaza

By Pankaj Mishra | February 11, 2025

Mohammed El-Kurd on the Complexities of Victimhood, Resilience, and Portraying Palestinian Genocide

By Hanna Phifer | February 11, 2025

Truth and Reconciliation: <br>Ten Books That Explore South Africa’s Identity

Truth and Reconciliation:
Ten Books That Explore South Africa’s Identity

Lauren Francis-Sharma Recommends Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh, J. M. Coetzee, Mohale Mashigo, and More

By Lauren Francis-Sharma | February 11, 2025

Gird your loins. We're about to get a lot of really bad, state-sponsored art.

Gird your loins. We're about to get a lot of really bad, state-sponsored art.

By Brittany Allen | February 10, 2025

Israeli police raided Palestinian-owned bookstores in Jerusalem and arrested the owners.

Israeli police raided Palestinian-owned bookstores in Jerusalem and arrested the owners.

By James Folta | February 10, 2025

What to read if you're finally ready to loud quit your job.

What to read if you're finally ready to loud quit your job.

By Brittany Allen | February 10, 2025

Invitation to a Die-In: Reflections on the MLA Walk Out for Palestine

Invitation to a Die-In: Reflections on the MLA Walk Out for Palestine

”Whereas, international law experts, including UN officials, describe the Israeli war on Gaza as a genocide...”

By Hannah Manshel | February 10, 2025

The first issue of Reader’s Digest from 1922 is both shocking and relevant.

The first issue of Reader’s Digest from 1922 is both shocking and relevant.

By James Folta | February 7, 2025

How librarians saved the day in World War II.

How librarians saved the day in World War II.

Move over, Moneypenny. The first spies were nerds.

By Brittany Allen | February 6, 2025

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