JD Vance is the Toxic Byproduct of America’s Obsession with Bootstrap Narratives

JD Vance is the Toxic Byproduct of America’s Obsession with Bootstrap Narratives

Alissa Quart on the Art of the Deal of the Hillbilly

By Alissa Quart | July 18, 2024

Rebecca Solnit: It’s the Pundits Who Have Turned on Biden, Not the Party

Rebecca Solnit: It’s the Pundits Who Have Turned on Biden, Not the Party

On the Danger of Abandoning the Car That Got You There

By Rebecca Solnit | July 16, 2024

“Weaponized Autism.” Shame, Pride, and the Making and Undoing of the Alt-Right

“Weaponized Autism.” Shame, Pride, and the Making and Undoing of the Alt-Right

Elle Reeve Explores the Possible Links Between Neurodivergence and Political Extremism

By Elle Reeve | July 15, 2024

Leveling the Legal Playing Field: Why Everyone Deserves Their Day in Court

Leveling the Legal Playing Field: Why Everyone Deserves Their Day in Court

Abbe Smith on the Importance of Criminal Defense Attorneys to America’s Judicial Ecosystem

By Abbe Smith | July 12, 2024

Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nosedive.

Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nosedive.

By Brittany Allen | July 11, 2024

20 Canadian authors have withdrawn from the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

20 Canadian authors have withdrawn from the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

By Dan Sheehan | July 10, 2024

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Jan Carson on Capturing the Failures of Northern Ireland in Fiction

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If You’re Going to Platform Extremists You Should At Least Check Their Facts

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Word Are Deeds: Rebecca Solnit the Power of Speech to Shape the Future

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Gaza Diaries: “We Left Our Souls at Home.”

Gaza Diaries: “We Left Our Souls at Home.”

From Heba Al-Agha’s Account of the last Eight Months of Israel’s War on Gaza (trans. Julia Choucair Vizoso)

By Heba Al-Agha and Julia Choucair Vizoso | July 3, 2024

Remembering Samuel Roth, the Bookseller Who Defied America’s Obscenity Laws

Remembering Samuel Roth, the Bookseller Who Defied America’s Obscenity Laws

Ed Simon on Free Speech, Book Bans and Court-Mandated Censorship, Then and Now

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Support One Moment, Racism the Next: On Being a Black Nigerian Man in America

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Samuel Kọláwọlé Recounts His Painful Entry Into the United States

By Samuel Kóláwólé | July 3, 2024

How Do We Balance the Needs of the Earth With the Needs of Humanity?

How Do We Balance the Needs of the Earth With the Needs of Humanity?

C.L. Skach Considers the Arbitrary Nature of the Laws That Govern Our Relationship With the Land

By C. L. Skach | July 2, 2024

Is it the summer of the brat?

Is it the summer of the brat?

By Brittany Allen | July 1, 2024

Blood-Soaked Handkerchiefs and Burnt Dresses: The Lizzie Borden Trial, as Told in a Newspaper of the Time

Blood-Soaked Handkerchiefs and Burnt Dresses: The Lizzie Borden Trial, as Told in a Newspaper of the Time

The Journalist and Suffragist Elizabeth Garver Jordan Covers a Macabre Media Sensation

By Elizabeth Garver Jordan | July 1, 2024

What We Can Learn From the Boy Scouts of America’s Fight For LGBTQ+ Equality

What We Can Learn From the Boy Scouts of America’s Fight For LGBTQ+ Equality

Mike De Socio on the Legal and Cultural Battle for Queer Rights and Recognition Within an All-American Institution

By Mike De Socio | June 28, 2024

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