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Imperfect Voices

Sophia Stewart

April 20, 2022

“Diminished Faculties” theorizes impairment as the rule, not the exception.

Inbox Warriors

Daniel Spielberger

April 19, 2022

MoveOn.org clogs our inboxes with endless petitions. Who are they, and what do they want?

The Other American Frontier

Evan Malmgren

April 18, 2022

Exploring the forgotten utopian communes of America’s heartland.

The Art of Propaganda

Hannah Gold

April 14, 2022

Gran Fury produced some of ACT UP’s most iconic images. Were they art?

We Got a Great Big Convoy

Dan Albert

April 13, 2022

On trucker protests, then and now.

The Automation Myth

Clinton Williamson

April 06, 2022

To what degree can we blame automation for deindustrialization and class decomposition?

Reality Bites Back

Andrew Schenker

March 30, 2022

Has David Shields given his very last interview?

The Man and His Girlfriend Who Argued All of Last Night and Now Stand at a Pharmacy in R City to Buy Medication for Headaches

Dalia Taha

March 29, 2022

Look.Over there.The sea isn’t visible yet,though we’ve been driving for two hours.Though we’ve begun to feel its hot moist air.Though our clothes are sticking to our bodies. In the car we eat grapes and don’t talk,as if the sweat oozing from our bodiesis how we ...

Ireland, We Hardly Knew Ye

Jack Sheehan

March 29, 2022

Against history-by-columnist.

What Makes Foreign Policy “Feminist”?

Rafia Zakaria

March 28, 2022

Germany’s leaders talk about a “feminist foreign policy” that requires more armaments.

At the Safari Carabobo

Ruxandra Guidi

March 28, 2022

An immigrant’s memories of Caracas.

Beautiful Lies

Kalpana Mohanty

March 23, 2022

Why does our discourse about beauty remain so shallow?