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

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

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

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

Lauren Markham and Chris Feliciano Arnold on the Urgency Writing Truth to Power

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

Why We Fear Real-Life Dystopia but Love Dystopian Fiction

Why We Fear Real-Life Dystopia but Love Dystopian Fiction

Laila Lalami: "Our world... may not be the best of all possible worlds, but it’s the one we have—and the one we make."

By Laila Lalami | March 13, 2025

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

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

Maris Kreizman to Gavin Newsom: WE DON’T NEED YOUR MEMOIR

By Maris Kreizman | March 13, 2025

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

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

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

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

Ali Watkins on Vincent Conlon’s Secret Life in the United States as an Operative and Gun-Running Irish Rebel

By Ali Watkins | March 11, 2025

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

By James Schamus | March 10, 2025

Liverpool Never Forgets: On the Legacy of the Hillsborough Disaster

By Oliver Smith | March 10, 2025

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

By Lisa Tolin | March 10, 2025

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

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

By James Folta | March 7, 2025

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

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

By James Folta | March 7, 2025

What Is Donald Trump Doing? Three Theories for the Madness

What Is Donald Trump Doing? Three Theories for the Madness

Aron Solomon on the Chaos and the Cruelty of the Worst President in American History

By Aron Solomon | March 7, 2025

Margaret Atwood on Victoria Amelina, Who Recorded the Lives of Ukrainian Women Under War

Margaret Atwood on Victoria Amelina, Who Recorded the Lives of Ukrainian Women Under War

Remembering an Award-Winning Writer Who Sacrificed Her Life For Justice

By Margaret Atwood | March 6, 2025

You Cannot Go to Your Country: Victoria Amelina on the Start of War in Ukraine

You Cannot Go to Your Country: Victoria Amelina on the Start of War in Ukraine

From Her Unfinished Book, “Looking at Women Looking at War”

By Victoria Amelina | March 6, 2025

“Poetry Remains Indestructible.” On the Resilience of Art in the Face of Fascism

“Poetry Remains Indestructible.” On the Resilience of Art in the Face of Fascism

Spencer Reece Considers the Life and Work of Jaime Gil de Biedma

By Spencer Reece | March 6, 2025

A War Zone Pediatrician on What Comes After the Horrors of a Gaza Emergency Room

A War Zone Pediatrician on What Comes After the Horrors of a Gaza Emergency Room

Dr. Seema Jilani Reckons with the Hypocrisy of Western Liberal Institutions

By Seema Jilani | March 5, 2025

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