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Dear Tech Evangelists: Have You Tried “Move Slow and Make Things”?

Dear Tech Evangelists: Have You Tried “Move Slow and Make Things”?

Tochi Onyebuchi on the Dangers of Rapid Tech Innovation

By Tochi Onyebuchi | October 21, 2025

“Yet Famine Was Still Famine.” On the Struggle to Find Food and Clean Water in Gaza

“Yet Famine Was Still Famine.” On the Struggle to Find Food and Clean Water in Gaza

Noor Alyacoubi Recounts Starvation and Survival in Palestine

By Noor Alyacoubi | October 21, 2025

How Oscar Wilde finally got his library card back.

How Oscar Wilde finally got his library card back.

130 years after the British Library revoked his card-carrying privileges, Wilde's grandson got his.

By Brittany Allen | October 20, 2025

How Black Labor Unions Impacted the Creation of the Stanzaic Blues Poem

How Black Labor Unions Impacted the Creation of the Stanzaic Blues Poem

Kristin Grogan on the Poetry of Langston Hughes and Sterling Brown

By Kristin Grogan | October 20, 2025

Why Philip Pullman’s Books Are More Important Than Ever in Speaking Truth to Power

Why Philip Pullman’s Books Are More Important Than Ever in Speaking Truth to Power

Aisling Walsh on the 30-Year Legacy of “His Dark Materials”

By Aisling Walsh | October 17, 2025

A Palestinian Daughter’s Search for Connection with Her Father, Her Past, and Her Homeland

A Palestinian Daughter’s Search for Connection with Her Father, Her Past, and Her Homeland

“I am homesick, whatever home means.”

By Mai Serhan | October 17, 2025

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How Silicon Valley Became a Center of Reactionary, Anti-Democratic Politics

By Jacob Silverman | October 15, 2025

On the Terrible Toll of the Last Bloody Year of WWII

By David Nasaw | October 14, 2025

On the Mysteries, Real and Imagined, Surrounding Christopher Columbus

By Matthew Restall | October 13, 2025

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | October 10, 2025

How a 1977 Czech Writers’ Manifesto Applies to the Stark Realities of America in 2025

How a 1977 Czech Writers’ Manifesto Applies to the Stark Realities of America in 2025

What We Can All Learn From the Courage of Charter 77

By Jonny Diamond | October 10, 2025

Why Donald Trump Wants to Erase John Brown’s Fiery Abolitionist Legacy (and Why He Will Fail)

Why Donald Trump Wants to Erase John Brown’s Fiery Abolitionist Legacy (and Why He Will Fail)

Robert S. Levine Visits Harpers Ferry Amid a Government Shutdown

By Robert S. Levine | October 10, 2025

Finding Grim Lessons of the 20th Century (and a Little Hope) in the Writing of Maria Janion

Finding Grim Lessons of the 20th Century (and a Little Hope) in the Writing of Maria Janion

Marta Figlerowicz on an Unsung Thinker and Writer About Fascism and Nationalism

By Marta Figlerowicz | October 10, 2025

New York’s largest ICE detention camp is blocking book deliveries.

New York’s largest ICE detention camp is blocking book deliveries.

By James Folta | October 9, 2025

When the American Dream Goes Sideways; Or, Why I Am Not Like JD Vance

When the American Dream Goes Sideways; Or, Why I Am Not Like JD Vance

Georgiann Davis Offers Some Lessons From A Middle School Dropout

By Georgiann Davis | October 9, 2025

The Real Threat to Free Speech in America is From the Right, Not the Left—Stop Pretending Otherwise

The Real Threat to Free Speech in America is From the Right, Not the Left—Stop Pretending Otherwise

Maris Kreizman on the Difference Between Cancel Culture and Consequence Culture

By Maris Kreizman | October 9, 2025

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