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The War on the Poor is Only Getting Worse

The War on the Poor is Only Getting Worse

Peter Edelman on the One War America Seems to Be Winning

By Peter Edelman | July 11, 2019

On the Uncanny Adaptability of American Fast Food

On the Uncanny Adaptability of American Fast Food

How Global Food Hegemony is More Local Than It Looks

By Adam Chandler | July 11, 2019

In Patriarchy No One Can Hear You Scream: Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein and the Silencing Machine

In Patriarchy No One Can Hear You Scream: Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein and the Silencing Machine

"Truth is whatever the powerful want it to be."

By Rebecca Solnit | July 10, 2019

A Firsthand Account of a 10-Year-Old Girl Fleeing Guatemala for Mexico

A Firsthand Account of a 10-Year-Old Girl Fleeing Guatemala for Mexico

Claudia D. Hernández Heads for the Northern Border

By Claudia D. Hernández | July 10, 2019

Are there any actual guilty pleasures on this Politico reading list from DC “heavy hitters”?  

Are there any actual guilty pleasures on this Politico reading list from DC “heavy hitters”?  

By Jonny Diamond | July 9, 2019

We Need a New American Holiday Commemorating the 14th Amendment

We Need a New American Holiday Commemorating the 14th Amendment

Anthony McCann on the Constitutional Confusion of the So-Called American Patriot Movement

By Anthony McCann | July 9, 2019

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The Problem of Neoliberal Realism in Contemporary Fiction

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Kimi Eisele on Finding Light in the Darkness of a Financial Dystopia

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Maurice Carlos Ruffin on Being a Patriotic Black Southerner

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on Being a Patriotic Black Southerner

"I know our past, and I know our pain."

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin | July 3, 2019

Jhumpa Lahiri and Hari Kunzru Reflect on America's Immigration Crisis

Jhumpa Lahiri and Hari Kunzru Reflect on America's Immigration Crisis

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Nadifa Mohamed and Aleksandar Hemon: What It Means to Be Displaced

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In Cairo, the Garbage Collector Knows Everything

In Cairo, the Garbage Collector Knows Everything

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The Torture of Being Trapped in an Australian Refugee Detention Center

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