Books and Ideas

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Where Are Black Parents’ Voices on Critical Race Theory? Where Are Black Parents’ Voices on Critical Race Theory?

Black parents overwhelmingly support teaching about race and racism in school. Why aren’t we hearing from them?

Dec 29, 2021 / Column / Kali Holloway

Maggie Nelson and the Evolving Politics of Liberation

Maggie Nelson and the Evolving Politics of Liberation Maggie Nelson and the Evolving Politics of Liberation

In her new book, Nelson examines the politics of freedom on the left and the right.

Dec 28, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

The Anti-Intellectual Intellectuals of the Conservative Movement

The Anti-Intellectual Intellectuals of the Conservative Movement The Anti-Intellectual Intellectuals of the Conservative Movement

Why is Mark Levin’s American Marxism so popular?

Dec 27, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

Remembering the Clarion Call of bell hooks

Remembering the Clarion Call of bell hooks Remembering the Clarion Call of bell hooks

My recollections of the late scholar, who revolutionized her fields.

Dec 21, 2021 / Patricia J. Williams

Alfred Döblin’s Surreal Foray Into Climate Fiction

Alfred Döblin’s Surreal Foray Into Climate Fiction Alfred Döblin’s Surreal Foray Into Climate Fiction

The 20th-century German writer’s novel Mountains Oceans Giants is a stunning and strange look into what an environmental apocalypse might look like.

Dec 21, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Joe Bucciero

The Triumph of Evil

The Triumph of Evil The Triumph of Evil

Central Park sign.

Dec 16, 2021 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

My Journey Into the Land of the Unmasked

My Journey Into the Land of the Unmasked My Journey Into the Land of the Unmasked

I headed to Florida as a hardcore Covid-avoider, but after just three days, I was singing karaoke with strangers, throwing all caution to the wind.

Dec 16, 2021 / Elie Mystal

The Startling Postcolonial Poetics of “Coolitude”

The Startling Postcolonial Poetics of “Coolitude” The Startling Postcolonial Poetics of “Coolitude”

Khal Thorabully’s epic poem “re-voices” the history of Indian indentured migration, and in the process imagines a new kind of transoceanic political solidarity.

Dec 16, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Aditya Bahl

Portraits in Minneapolis

Portraits in Minneapolis Portraits in Minneapolis

A street-art celebration of diversity.

Dec 15, 2021 / OppArt / Fly Orr and Anonymous

November

November November

Stitching history.

Dec 14, 2021 / OppArt / India Tresselt

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