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This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | February 6, 2026

Here’s what’s making us happy <em>this</em> week.

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | February 6, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: There is No Time for Mom Guilt

Letter From Minnesota: There is No Time for Mom Guilt

Kaia Preus: “We cannot become engulfed in what we could or should have done.”

By Kaia Preus | February 6, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: Our Community Grows Stronger by the Week

Letter From Minnesota: Our Community Grows Stronger by the Week

Laurie Hertzel on Finding Solidarity Amidst the Tear Gas

By Laurie Hertzel | February 6, 2026

Two stories about paranoia for our conspiratorial moment.

Two stories about paranoia for our conspiratorial moment.

By James Folta | February 5, 2026

Can Zohran Mamdani Survive at the Intersection of Identity Politics and Democratic Socialism?

Can Zohran Mamdani Survive at the Intersection of Identity Politics and Democratic Socialism?

Mychal Denzel Smith on the New Mayor’s Uncertain Relationship With New York’s Black Voters

By Mychal Denzel Smith | February 5, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files

By Maris Kreizman | February 5, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: We Are a People Born and Bred of Organizers

By Marcie R. Rendon | February 5, 2026

The Washington Post is gutting its books coverage.

By Brittany Allen | February 4, 2026

On Russia’s New Official Dictionary and the Language of Authoritarianism

On Russia’s New Official Dictionary and the Language of Authoritarianism

Katherine Kelaidis Considers the Dictionary as a Prescriptive Ideological Document

By Katherine Kelaidis | February 4, 2026

From Gaza to Minneapolis We Are Still Being Told to Disbelieve Our Eyes

From Gaza to Minneapolis We Are Still Being Told to Disbelieve Our Eyes

Steven W. Thrasher on the Western Establishment’s
Deliberate Break From Reality

By Steven W. Thrasher | February 4, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: “did they really take a 4 yo too the other night?”

Letter From Minnesota: “did they really take a 4 yo too the other night?”

Sarah Green on Preserving the Idea of Kinship in the Face of Brutality

By Sarah Green | February 4, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: Our Work is to Protect What We Love

Letter From Minnesota: Our Work is to Protect What We Love

Diane Wilson on Traditions of American Violence,
to Nature and Human Alike

By Diane Wilson | February 4, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: This is Actually What’s Great About America

Letter From Minnesota: This is Actually What’s Great About America

David Mura on the Power of Solidarity and Diversity in the Twin Cities

By David Mura | February 3, 2026

Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, Anti-Zionism, and Her Relationship to American Judaism

Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, Anti-Zionism, and Her Relationship to American Judaism

“I take both my Jewishness and my Americanness as honors and responsibilities.”

By Lily Meyer | February 3, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: <br>We’ve Been Here Before

Letter From Minnesota:
We’ve Been Here Before

Carolyn Holbrook Finds Wisdom For the Moment
in the Words of Octavia Butler

By Carolyn Holbrook | February 3, 2026

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