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In a Sudan Where Literature is Often Smuggled, the Short Story is a Perfect Form

In a Sudan Where Literature is Often Smuggled, the Short Story is a Perfect Form

Marcia Lynx Qualey on the Rise of a Complex, Capacious Literary Genre

By Marcia Lynx Qualey | September 27, 2019

A new guide from PEN America provides some answers on campus

A new guide from PEN America provides some answers on campus "free speech" controversies.

By Corinne Segal | September 26, 2019

The Day I Found Out My Father Was a Spy

The Day I Found Out My Father Was a Spy

Steve Healey on Coming to Terms with Family Secrets

By Steve Healey | September 26, 2019

The Freedom of Tossing <em>The Scarlet Letter</em> From a High School Curriculum

The Freedom of Tossing The Scarlet Letter From a High School Curriculum

Noah Cho on Finding and Teaching Literature that Reflects His Classroom

By Noah Cho | September 26, 2019

How the Word 'Ghetto' Traveled from Europe to America

How the Word 'Ghetto' Traveled from Europe to America

Daniel B. Schwartz Explores the Westward Exodus of European Jews

By Daniel B. Schwartz | September 26, 2019

Friedrich Hayek: Not Exactly the Libertarian Darling He's Claimed As

Friedrich Hayek: Not Exactly the Libertarian Darling He's Claimed As

Meet the Economist Ayn Rand Described as
"Our Most Pernicious Enemy."

By James Bernard Murphy | September 25, 2019

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What Does It Take to Be Accepted as an American?

By Alfredo Corchado | September 24, 2019

Writing About the Forgotten Black Women of the Italo-Ethiopian War

By Maaza Mengiste | September 24, 2019

On Justin Trudeau, Virginia Woolf, and the Orientalist History of Brownface

By Gabrielle Bellot | September 23, 2019

For Chelsea Manning, Coming Out and Whistleblowing Were Deeply Linked

For Chelsea Manning, Coming Out and Whistleblowing Were Deeply Linked

Lida Maxwell on the Collapsing Distinctions Between Public and Private as a Whistleblower

By Lida Maxwell | September 23, 2019

An Afternoon with an Elite Palestinian Family in Jerusalem

An Afternoon with an Elite Palestinian Family in Jerusalem

Lis Harris on Three Generations of Israeli Life

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The Slow Build Up to the American Revolution

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T. H. Breen on the Philosophies Behind America's War for Independence

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The Long Legacy of America's Militarist, Racist Demagoguery

The Long Legacy of America's Militarist, Racist Demagoguery

From the Vietnam War to the Resurrection of the Confederate Flag

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Walking with the Ghosts of Black<br> Los Angeles

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Ismail Muhammad: "You can’t disentangle blackness and California."

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How Overdiagnosing Can Go Terribly Wrong

How Overdiagnosing Can Go Terribly Wrong

Marty Makary on the Industrializing of Health Care

By Marty Makary | September 20, 2019

Residents of this Colorado city are trying to save local journalism... with their library's help.

Residents of this Colorado city are trying to save local journalism... with their library's help.

By Corinne Segal | September 19, 2019

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