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A Brief History of the Grand Old American Tradition of Banning Books

A Brief History of the Grand Old American Tradition of Banning Books

Laura Pappano Investigates the “Chaotic and Illogical Business” of Censorship

By Laura Pappano | January 30, 2024

No Safe Place to Grieve: The Trauma of Muslim Americans Living Under Surveillance

No Safe Place to Grieve: The Trauma of Muslim Americans Living Under Surveillance

Aisha Abdel Gawad on the Danger of Talking Openly About Palestinian Pain

By Aisha Abdel Gawad | January 29, 2024

The Revolutionary Stranger: How Frantz Fanon Put Theory Into Practice

The Revolutionary Stranger: How Frantz Fanon Put Theory Into Practice

Adam Shatz on the Life and Legacy of a Great Post-Colonialism Thinker

By Adam Shatz | January 25, 2024

Life a Cold Crematorium: A Long-Lost Memoir from a Holocaust Survivor

Life a Cold Crematorium: A Long-Lost Memoir from a Holocaust Survivor

József Debreczeni Recounts a Terrifying Train Ride from Hungary to Auschwitz with His Fellow Prisoners

By József Debreczeni | January 25, 2024

What Virginia Woolf’s “Dreadnought Hoax” Tells Us About Ourselves

What Virginia Woolf’s “Dreadnought Hoax” Tells Us About Ourselves

Danell Jones Grapples With a Beloved Author’s Casual Racism

By Danell Jones | January 25, 2024

Fire, Earth, Spring: Unity and Resistance in the Lands of SWANA

Fire, Earth, Spring: Unity and Resistance in the Lands of SWANA

Sahar Delijani on the Legacies of the Arab Spring

By Sahar Delijani | January 23, 2024

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White America Facing Its Ghosts: The Slow Unraveling of a Nation’s Suburbs

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Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change

Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change

“Describing the slowness of change is often confused with acceptance of the status quo. It’s really the opposite.”

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How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rose Up and Won an Underdog Political Victory

How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rose Up and Won an Underdog Political Victory

Joshua Green Details AOC’s Grassroots Campaign Against the Incumbent Joseph Crowley

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Vigilantes and Vengeance: On the Women Who Fight Back

Vigilantes and Vengeance: On the Women Who Fight Back

How Elizabeth Flock Immerses Herself in the Lives of Her Subjects

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Cops search middle school for banned books in liberal Massachusetts

Cops search middle school for banned books in liberal Massachusetts

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The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

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Mythologized Impartiality: A Conversation About the Supreme Court's Checkered Past and Future

Mythologized Impartiality: A Conversation About the Supreme Court's Checkered Past and Future

Daniel Kiel and Lori Ringhand Speak with Stanford University Press

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Unsurprisingly, George Santos doesn’t know who James Baldwin is.

Unsurprisingly, George Santos doesn’t know who James Baldwin is.

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