Discovering Ralph Waldo Emerson in the Golden Age of Sneakers

Discovering Ralph Waldo Emerson in the Golden Age of Sneakers

From Run DMC to Spike Lee to "Self-Reliance"

By A. Sandosharaj | April 10, 2019

Falling in Love with Malcolm X—and His Mastery of Metaphor

Falling in Love with Malcolm X—and His Mastery of Metaphor

"The metaphor reveals a world behind the world of things."

By Mateo Askaripour | April 10, 2019

In the Aftermath of Civil War, a Writing Workshop Aims for Peace

In the Aftermath of Civil War, a Writing Workshop Aims for Peace

Sarah Hoenicke on Finding Paths to Healing in Sri Lanka

By Sarah Hoenicke | April 9, 2019

Too Often, Society Equates a Woman's Mistakes with Her Character

Too Often, Society Equates a Woman's Mistakes with Her Character

Clare Fisher on Teaching and Writing About Incarcerated Women

By Clare Fisher | April 9, 2019

How Did Conspiracy Theories Come to Dominate American Culture?

How Did Conspiracy Theories Come to Dominate American Culture?

Thomas Milan Konda Untangles Our Obsession Complicated Plots

By Thomas Milan Konda | April 8, 2019

The Wrong Kind of Redemption: A Civil War That Never Ended

The Wrong Kind of Redemption: A Civil War That Never Ended

Philip Dray on Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s New Book and the “Glorious Failure” of Reconstruction

By Philip Dray | April 8, 2019

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At the Birth of the Mexican MeToo Movement, a Statement From
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Angela Davis on Protest, 1968, and Her Old Teacher, Herbert Marcuse

Angela Davis on Protest, 1968, and Her Old Teacher, Herbert Marcuse

Read from Marcuse's Graphic Biography by Nick Thorkelson, edited by Paul Buhle and Andrew T. Lamas

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Édouard Louis: On the Youth My <br>Father Never Really Had

Édouard Louis: On the Youth My
Father Never Really Had

From Who Killed My Father

By Edouard Louis | April 2, 2019

On the Putin System: How a Dictator Maintains His Power

On the Putin System: How a Dictator Maintains His Power

Grigory Yavlinsky Considers Power and Corruption in Contemporary Russia

By Grigory Yavlinsky | April 2, 2019

5 Books to Help Us Understand<br> the Present Moment

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Douglas Brinkley Considers Totalitarianism, Climate Change, and More

By Douglas Brinkley | April 1, 2019

Will Self Gets to the Bottom of the Brexit Pyramid Scheme

Will Self Gets to the Bottom of the Brexit Pyramid Scheme

Just Another Day in Stoke

By Will Self | March 29, 2019

How the Algorithm Rewards Extremism

How the Algorithm Rewards Extremism

Clive Thompson on Big Tech, the Internet, and the Mess We're In

By Clive Thompson | March 28, 2019

Writing About a Fictional Massacre as a Real One Happens in Your Neighborhood

Writing About a Fictional Massacre as a Real One Happens in Your Neighborhood

Molly Pascal on the Impossible Details of the Tree of Life Shooting

By Molly Pascal | March 26, 2019

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