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The Woman Who Beat the Nazis in Europe's Deadliest Horse Race

The Woman Who Beat the Nazis in Europe's Deadliest Horse Race

Lata Brandisová Probably Would Have Also Punched Them

By Richard Askwith | September 12, 2019

Susan Sontag reacting to 9/11 in <em>The New Yorker</em> remains essential reading.

Susan Sontag reacting to 9/11 in The New Yorker remains essential reading.

By Jonny Diamond | September 11, 2019

Stop Treating Rural White Voters as a Monolith

Stop Treating Rural White Voters as a Monolith

Christopher Ingraham on the Importance of Understanding
Purple America

By Christopher Ingraham | September 11, 2019

Dina Nayeri on Returning to the Hotel-Turned-Refugee-Camp of Her Childhood

Dina Nayeri on Returning to the Hotel-Turned-Refugee-Camp of Her Childhood

"To this day, the name Hotel Barba fills me with dread and nostalgia."

By Dina Nayeri | September 11, 2019

From Wall Street to Chicago's South Side: When Global Economics Make Local Progress Nearly Impossible

From Wall Street to Chicago's South Side: When Global Economics Make Local Progress Nearly Impossible

Nicholas Lemann on the Community Activism of Earl Johnson

By Nicholas Lemann | September 11, 2019

What Incarcerated Writers Want the Literary Community to Understand

What Incarcerated Writers Want the Literary Community to Understand

Caits Meissner on Why "Prison Writer" Is a Limiting Label

By Caits Meissner | September 11, 2019

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Rebecca Fisseha on #MeToo in Ethiopia and Eritrea

By Rebecca Fisseha | September 11, 2019

Under Siege: Mirza Waheed
on Kashmir

By Mirza Waheed | September 10, 2019

What Would All Right Feel Like? Honor Moore Tells
Her Story

By Honor Moore | September 9, 2019

On Agatha Christie and the Dawn of a Post-Capitalist Era

On Agatha Christie and the Dawn of a Post-Capitalist Era

A Close Reading of Christie's 80th book, Passenger to Frankfurt, by Slavoj Žižek

By Slavoj Žižek | September 9, 2019

Did the Russian <em>Wizard of Oz</em> Subvert Soviet Propaganda?

Did the Russian Wizard of Oz Subvert Soviet Propaganda?

Olga Zilberbourg on Aleksandr Volkov's Adaptation of
L. Frank Baum's Classic

By Olga Zilberbourg | September 6, 2019

On the Unlikely Extremes of Maoist Influence on the West

On the Unlikely Extremes of Maoist Influence on the West

Left-Wing Rebels, Civil Rights Fighters, and the Cult of Mao
in the 1960s and 70s

By Julia Lovell | September 5, 2019

Struggling to Write Outside a Colonial Framework

Struggling to Write Outside a Colonial Framework

Meredith Talusan on the Complexity of Telling
Filipino Immigrant Stories

By Meredith Talusan | September 4, 2019

Building a Symbolic Wall of Oppression in the Middle of London

Building a Symbolic Wall of Oppression in the Middle of London

Justin Butcher Finds Communities of Hope in Occupied Palestine

By Justin Butcher | September 4, 2019

More than forty cities are hosting protest readings for migrant justice tomorrow night.

More than forty cities are hosting protest readings for migrant justice tomorrow night.

By Corinne Segal | September 3, 2019

Rebecca Solnit: How Change Happens

Rebecca Solnit: How Change Happens

“If you think you’re woke, it’s because someone woke you up."

By Rebecca Solnit | September 3, 2019

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