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On the Kidnapped African Boy Who Became a German Philosopher

On the Kidnapped African Boy Who Became a German Philosopher

Kwame Anthony Appiah Tells the Tale of Amo Afer

By Kwame Anthony Appiah | August 29, 2018

When the Government Tried (and Failed) to Come for a Japanese-American Journalist

When the Government Tried (and Failed) to Come for a Japanese-American Journalist

From the Late James Omura's Memoir of Internment and Repression

By James Matsumoto Omura and Arthur Hansen | August 29, 2018

Rebecca Solnit: Why the President Must Be Impeached

Rebecca Solnit: Why the President Must Be Impeached

The Swamp is Not Going to Drain Itself

By Rebecca Solnit | August 28, 2018

How Iconic Cookbooks Reflect the Politics of the World Around Them

How Iconic Cookbooks Reflect the Politics of the World Around Them

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By Suzanne Cope | August 24, 2018

The Case for Impeaching Donald Trump (Part 6)

The Case for Impeaching Donald Trump (Part 6)

Advocating Illegal Violence and Undermining Equal Protection of the Laws

By Ron Fein, John Bonifaz, and Ben Clements | August 22, 2018

The Poet Who Survived Stalin's Poems

The Poet Who Survived Stalin's Poems

The Tale of Arsenii Tarkovsky and the Translation He Couldn't Refuse

By Ilya Kutik and Reginald Gibbons | August 21, 2018

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"I had already been through so much. I just wanted my old life back."

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On the Eerie Prescience of a Nazi-Era Diarist

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Justin Phillip Reed, a Most Indecent Black Queer Poet

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What is Happening in Nicaragua Right Now?

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