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We Need to Treat Artists as Workers, Not Decorations

We Need to Treat Artists as Workers, Not Decorations

William Deresiewicz on the Dangerous Illusion of Art
As a Labor of Love

By William Deresiewicz | August 5, 2020

Even When Records Fall Short, Black History Must Be Told

Even When Records Fall Short, Black History Must Be Told

Morgan Jerkins on the Story of Her Family

By Morgan Jerkins | August 5, 2020

"In This Phase In The 58th American Presidentiad (United States)"

A Poem by Lawrence Joseph

By Lawrence Joseph | August 5, 2020

With Pandemic Information Overload How Can We Tell What is Real?

With Pandemic Information Overload How Can We Tell What is Real?

Terrence Holt on Common Distortions and False Equivalencies

By Terrence Holt | August 4, 2020

Cautionary Lessons From Turkey's Slide Into Totalitarianism

Cautionary Lessons From Turkey's Slide Into Totalitarianism

Elliot Ackerman on Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Move to Silence the
Last Voices of Dissent

By Elliot Ackerman | August 4, 2020

Postcards from a Quarantined Paradise

Postcards from a Quarantined Paradise

Craig Santos Perez's Letter from Hawaiʻi

By Craig Santos Perez | August 4, 2020

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What Happens When Trump Refuses to Accept
an Electoral Loss?

By Lawrence Douglas | July 31, 2020

Gregory Pardlo: A Letter to Juneteenth

By Gregory Pardlo | July 30, 2020

A New Generation of Writers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Narrates Life
Beyond War

By Stacy Mattingly | July 30, 2020

Kimberly's Story: How to Live in San Francisco During a Pandemic

Kimberly's Story: How to Live in San Francisco During a Pandemic

An Original Graphic Story from Mission Local

By Literary Hub | July 30, 2020

In the 1990s, Feminism Found a New Ally: Computers

In the 1990s, Feminism Found a New Ally: Computers

Lisa Levenstein Revisits the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing

By Lisa Levenstein | July 30, 2020

Endless War, Social Upheaval, and a White House Unleashing Violence on Protestors

Endless War, Social Upheaval, and a White House Unleashing Violence on Protestors

Lawrence Roberts on the 1971 May Day Protests

By Lawrence Roberts | July 30, 2020

The Unpopular Tale of Populism: Thomas Frank on the Real History of an American Mass Movement

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Once Upon a Time, When America Paid Its Writers

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Jason Boog on the Struggle to Find Security and Creativity
in the Same Life

By Heather Radke | July 29, 2020

Does 'Character' Still Count in American Politics?

Does 'Character' Still Count in American Politics?

Marjorie Garber on the Etymology and Abuses of a Weighty Word

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Letter from San Francisco: When the Shadow is Looming

Letter from San Francisco: When the Shadow is Looming

Oscar Villalon on Desperation and Abandonment

By Oscar Villalon | July 28, 2020

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