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What Does “Credible Fear” Really Mean?
A simple legal question opens up philosophical depths.
Politics
"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins
How Our Stories Won’t Save Us: Teaching Valeria Luiselli’s “Lost Children Archive”
What literature has to teach us about the wrenching human stories at the border.
“People with a Nazi Background”: Race, Memory, and Responsibility
Should descendants of Nazis be labeled as such?
By Any Memes Necessary: A Case for Critical Media Literacy
On the origins and diffusion of a dubious Malcolm X quotation.
An American Killing
The true cost of radical Second Amendment interpretation will never be known.
The Disease Poetics of Empire: A Conversation with Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb
Charles Shafaieh interviews Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb about her debut book, “Epidemic Empire: Colonialism, Contagion, and Terror, 1817–2020.”
Dismantle All of This Stuff: A Conversation with Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky discusses his latest co-authored book, “Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance.”
The Inescapable Nation
Among all human constructs, none may be as troubling and as enduring as the nation.
Life at the Margins: On “Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope”
Adolf Alzuphar walks “Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope,” the new collection by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
Colorblind No More?
Helen Cabrera reviews Elwood David Watson’s recent collection of essays, “Keepin’ It Real.”
Reasoning in Rough Times
Michael S. Roth considers "Let’s Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education," the recently published book by Jonathan Marks.
The Nevada Turnaround: Immigrant Workers Build Political Power
Ruth Milkman and Deepak Bhargava interview D. Taylor, the international president of UNITE HERE.
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