• Politics

    Teaching Through a Pandemic

    How “Truth” Became a Controversial Subject in Classrooms

    By Molly Castner  October 18, 2021
    Inequality

    Who Are the 9.9 Percent? A Closer Look at the Math of American Inequality

    By Matthew Stewart  October 18, 2021
    Colonialism

    Amitav Ghosh on the Lies of History and How the Natural World Fights Back

    By Ben Ehrenreich  October 18, 2021
    Theater

    Oedipus at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter: How Sophocles Speaks to Contemporary Trauma

    By Bryan Doerries  October 18, 2021
    Beauty

    On the Unattainable Myth of Feminine Beauty Ideals and Our Culture of Fat Phobia

    By Sesali Bowen  October 18, 2021
    News and Culture

    Why America Needs a New Vocabulary to Describe Its Shortcomings

    By Barrett Holmes Pitner  October 15, 2021
    New Books Network

    “The Border Crossed Us.” Beth Alvarado on Writing About the Borderlands

    By New Books Network  October 15, 2021
    Keen On

    Dorottya Rédai on the Importance of LGBTQ Fairy Tales

    By Keen On  October 15, 2021
    The Hub

    This lady is trying to ban Toni Morrison’s books from schools for being “pornographic.”

    By Walker Caplan  October 14, 2021
    The Writer's Life

    “You Only Write if You Have To.“ On W.G. Sebald’s Life and Work

    By Carole Angier  October 14, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Chris Hedges on the Pandemic’s Ultimatum

    By The Quarantine Tapes  October 14, 2021
    The 2021 Cundill History Prize

    “More Than a Fearful Refusal To Participate.“ On the Complexities of the 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion

    By Marjoleine Kars  October 14, 2021
    Keen On

    Fiona Hill on the Increasingly Russian Way of Life in America

    By Keen On  October 14, 2021
    The Hub

    Remembering Harold Pinter’s anti-Iraq War Nobel Prize acceptance speech.

    By Walker Caplan  October 13, 2021
    Feminist History

    How NOW Attempted to Exclude the Third Woman’s Alliance From Feminist History

    By Patricia Romney  October 13, 2021
    Keen On

    Daniel Sokatch on the Chronicle of Israel and Palestine

    By Keen On  October 13, 2021
    Keen On

    Deborah Tuerkheimer on Credibility and Sexual Misconduct

    By Keen On  October 13, 2021
    The Hub

    Everything you need to know about the Sally Rooney/Israel controversy.

    By Walker Caplan  October 12, 2021
    Climate Crisis

    The Migration Patterns of the Privileged: On 21st-Century Climate Gentrification

    By Parag Khanna  October 12, 2021
    Plagiarism

    Dorland v. Larson: On the Legal Disputes at the Heart of “Bad Art Friend”

    By Steven Wright  October 12, 2021
    Refugees

    The Grief of Displacement: On Being a Child in a Refugee Camp

    By Mondiant Dogon with Jenna Krajeski  October 12, 2021
    Relationships

    The Myth of True Love Hurts Us All—Especially Women

    By Jen Winston  October 8, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Heyday Books

    By Corinne Segal  October 8, 2021
    Jewish History

    Community and Care: On Squirrel Hill and the Tree of Life Shooting

    By Mark Oppenheimer  October 8, 2021
    Keen On

    Matthew Pearl on the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America

    By Keen On  October 8, 2021
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