• Politics

    Slavery

    Riding to Freedom: On the Importance of the Horse in Escaping Slavery

    “Horses were a part of the daily fabric of life for many enslaved Black people.”

     
    By Bitter Kalli  August 19, 2025
    Displacement

    A Record of Vanishings: Neda Maghbouleh on the Stress Response of Seeing Iran Bombed

    By Neda Maghbouleh  August 18, 2025
    The Hub

    This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

    By James Folta  August 15, 2025
    Ukraine

    A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine

    By Olia Hercules  August 15, 2025
    Poetry

    “Old Song,” a Poem by Nima Hasan

    By Nima Hasan  August 15, 2025
    Genocide

    How Do We Tell the Story of Gaza’s Murdered Journalists?

    By Steven W. Thrasher  August 14, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    The Hub

    New Hampshire will soon allow parents to see their children’s library checkouts.

    By James Folta  August 14, 2025
    Publishing

    Why the Supreme Court Shouldn’t Make Millions From Publishing Books

    By Maris Kreizman  August 14, 2025
    Fiction vs. Nonfiction

    Memoir On a Hill: Finding the Best Way to Tell the Story of America

    By Jason Mott  August 14, 2025
    The Hub

    Sally Rooney could be arrested on terrorism charges for supporting Palestine Action.

    By Dan Sheehan  August 18, 2025
    Gaza

    The View From Gaza—As Seen Through WB Yeats’s Widening Gyre

    By Alaa Alqaisi  August 13, 2025
    Sexuality

    How the AIDS Epidemic Led to the Creation of Sex Ed in America

    By Margaret Grace Myers  August 13, 2025
    Ukraine

    “Literature is a Force For Peace and Solidarity.” On Writing a Novel of the War in Ukraine

    By Sam Wachman  August 13, 2025
    The Hub

    The Associated Press is ending its regular book coverage.

    By Brittany Allen  August 12, 2025
    The Hub

    Award-winning poet Alice Oswald was arrested for supporting Palestine Action.

    By Dan Sheehan  August 11, 2025
    The Hub

    Read the final message sent by murdered Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif.

    By Dan Sheehan  August 11, 2025
    Health

    The Value of Women’s Lives: How Abortion Bans Escalate Domestic Violence

    By Kylie Cheung  August 11, 2025
    The Hub

    This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

    By James Folta  August 8, 2025
    Climate Change

    Dreading Those Sunny Days: The Perils of Surviving Without Shade as a Homeless Person

    By Sam Bloch  August 8, 2025
    Jane Austen

    How Would Jane Austen Define an “Accomplished Woman” Today?

    By Grace Aldridge  August 8, 2025
    Sociology

    After the Spike: What Slow and Steady Depopulation Means For the World

    By Dean Spears and Michael Geruso  August 8, 2025
    The Hub

    What the defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting means for Viewers Like You.

    By Brittany Allen  August 7, 2025
    Slavery

    Power and Punishment: How Colonists Legislated the First Slaves in America into Existence

    By Princess Joy L. Perry  August 7, 2025
    Small Presses

    On the Future of Small Presses in the Aftermath of the NEA Grant Chaos

    By Elizabeth Kaye Cook  August 6, 2025
    American Revolution

    Inventing the American Revolution: On Thomas Paine’s Guide to Fighting Dictatorship

    By Matthew Redmond  August 13, 2025
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