• Politics

    Retellings

    Poet, Mystic, Warrior, Visionary: Reimagining the Life and Art of an Aztec Ruler Lost in Myth

    Ilan Stavans Resurrects Nezahualcóyotl from Fragments of Fact and Fiction

     
    By Ilan Stavans  March 27, 2025
    Cults

    Leah Sottile on Amy Carlson, aka Mother God, and the Creation of a New Age Cult

    By Leah Sottile  March 26, 2025
    The Hub

    Eight print(!) magazines that should be on your radar.

    By Brittany Allen  March 25, 2025
    Writing Trauma

    Why Testimonial and Confessional Writing Remains Necessary in the Post-#MeToo Era

    By Jamie Hood  March 25, 2025
    Feminism

    Towards a New “Bad” Feminist Canon: Why Feminism Remains Essential

    By Roxane Gay  March 25, 2025
    Publishing

    The Reforestation of American Civic Life: What Publishing Can Do in the Face of the Trump

    By Josh Cook  March 21, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Environmentalism

    A Toxic Business: On America’s Practice of Shipping Its Trash to the Global South

    By Alexander Clapp  March 21, 2025
    Labor

    How Service Workers Can Lead the Fight Against the Ruling Billionaire Class

    By Jodi Dean  March 21, 2025
    MAGA

    Hollow Men: The Republican Party is Nothing More Than a Host for the Malignancies of Donald Trump

    By Gabrielle Bellot  March 20, 2025
    Refugees

    Beyond the Headlines: Capturing the Human Tragedy of the Refugee Crisis

    Jeanne Carstensen Explores the Multifaceted and Devastating Impact of Europe’s Militarized Borders

    By Jeanne Carstensen  March 26, 2025
    Palestinian Rights

    A Columbia University Professor Speaks Out Against the Kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil

    By Joseph Howley  March 18, 2025
    The Hub

    Schumer “postponing” his book tour tells me he still doesn’t get the message.

    By James Folta  March 17, 2025
    Israel

    The Former Head of Human Rights Watch on the Challenges of Reporting on the Abuses of Israel’s Government

    By Kenneth Roth  March 17, 2025
    Vietnam

    How the Vietnam War Exposed America’s Military and Political Vulnerabilities

    James A. Warren on the Origins and Lasting Impact of a Generation-Defining Cold War Conflict

    By James A. Warren  March 14, 2025
    Creative Nonfiction

    Truth, Power, Art: A Critical Manifesto on Creative Nonfiction

    By Lauren Markham and Chris Feliciano Arnold  March 13, 2025
    Dystopias

    Why We Fear Real-Life Dystopia but Love Dystopian Fiction

    By Laila Lalami  March 13, 2025
    Publishing

    Shilling Books While Rome Burns: Why Politicians Need to Focus on Their Day Jobs

    By Maris Kreizman  March 13, 2025
    Politics

    Stenographers of Empire: Where is the Moral Courage in the American Media?

    For Steven W. Thrasher the Absence of Solidarity Among American Journalists Has Made Donald Trump’s Job That Much Easier

    By Steven W. Thrasher  March 12, 2025
    Irish History

    From Philly to Derry: On the Americans Who Armed the IRA During The Troubles

    By Ali Watkins  March 11, 2025
    The Hub

    A Columbia professor’s message to his fellow Jewish faculty members.

    By James Schamus  March 10, 2025
    Soccer

    Liverpool Never Forgets: On the Legacy of the Hillsborough Disaster

    By Oliver Smith  March 10, 2025
    Banned Books

    Draw Me a Controversy: On the Banning of Beloved Children’s Book Author Eric Carle

    Lisa Tolin Explores How “Draw Me a Star” Was Swept Into a Dangerous Culture War

    By Lisa Tolin  March 10, 2025
    The Hub

    The State Department pulled $1 million in funding for the Iowa International Writing Program.

    By James Folta  March 7, 2025
    The Hub

    Three unionized Barnes & Nobles in NYC have ratified an historic first contract.

    By James Folta  March 7, 2025
    The Hub

    Trump is trying to destroy libraries.

    By James Folta  March 18, 2025
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