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Africa As Las Vegas: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose in Gambling on Development

Africa As Las Vegas: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose in Gambling on Development

Stefan Dercon in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 2, 2022

I Once Wrote—and Spoke, and Thought—in Russian... No More

I Once Wrote—and Spoke, and Thought—in Russian... No More

Volodymyr Rafeenko on Unlearning His Mother Tongue

By Volodymyr Rafeenko | July 29, 2022

The Childfree Effigy: On <em>Network</em>’s Diana and the Tropes That Betray Women

The Childfree Effigy: On Network’s Diana and the Tropes That Betray Women

“The world must think women without children, like me, sob through breakfast, bed three men after lunch, or pulverize lives for fun.”

By Felice Arenas | July 29, 2022

No, the Metaverse is Not Going To Save Us

No, the Metaverse is Not Going To Save Us

Andrew Keen on the Perennial Problem with Tech Utopianism

By Andrew Keen | July 29, 2022

“Poetry is a Form of Love.” Austin Davis on Bridging Art and Activism with AZ Hugs for the Houseless

“Poetry is a Form of Love.” Austin Davis on Bridging Art and Activism with AZ Hugs for the Houseless

In Conversation with Drew Hawkins, Host of the Micro Podcast

By Micro Podcast | July 29, 2022

Luz Aguirre on Living Inside the Panopticon as an Undocumented American

Luz Aguirre on Living Inside the Panopticon as an Undocumented American

“We grow up in this country, immersed in this culture, without the tools necessary to fulfill unattainable ideas of prosperity.”

By Luz Aguirre | July 29, 2022

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How Seriously Should We Take the Paranoia Amongst Our Educated Elite About the Crisis of America?

By Keen On | July 29, 2022

Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World by Barry Lopez and Introduction by Rebecca Solnit, Read by James Naughton

By Behind the Mic | July 29, 2022

The New Homeless: Emi Nietfeld on the Growing Number of Unhoused Americans

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 28, 2022

WATCH: Chris Belcher and Chloe Cooper-Jones Discuss Desire, Class, and Power

WATCH: Chris Belcher and Chloe Cooper-Jones Discuss Desire, Class, and Power

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By The Virtual Book Channel | July 28, 2022

Power That Creates Ideal Futures and Shapes Current Realities: A Reading List of Political Imaginaries

Power That Creates Ideal Futures and Shapes Current Realities: A Reading List of Political Imaginaries

Eve Fairbanks Recommends Claudia Rankine, Svetlana Alexeivich, and More

By Eve Fairbanks | July 28, 2022

Why Risk-Taking, Rebellious Immigrants Capture the Spirit of What It Should Mean To Be a 21st-Century “American”

Why Risk-Taking, Rebellious Immigrants Capture the Spirit of What It Should Mean To Be a 21st-Century “American”

Erika L. Sánchez in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 28, 2022

How Colonialism and Patriarchy Create Enduring Misery for Native American Women

How Colonialism and Patriarchy Create Enduring Misery for Native American Women

Sofia Ali-Khan on the Brutal Legacy of the United States’s Westward Expansion

By Sofia Ali-Khan | July 27, 2022

How Pollsters Got the 2016 Election So Wrong, And What They Learned From Their Mistakes

How Pollsters Got the 2016 Election So Wrong, And What They Learned From Their Mistakes

G. Elliott Morris on the Enduring Gulf Between Electoral Predictions and Reality

By G. Elliott Morris | July 27, 2022

How ISIS Filled the Power Vacuum Left By US Forces In Iraq

How ISIS Filled the Power Vacuum Left By US Forces In Iraq

Michael R. Gordon on the Origins of America’s War Against the Islamic State

By Michael R. Gordon | July 26, 2022

Book bans vs. boardrooms: on Pamela Paul’s false equivalencies.

Book bans vs. boardrooms: on Pamela Paul’s false equivalencies.

By Jonny Diamond | July 25, 2022

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