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December 2, 2020
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June 24, 2020
A Lesbian Archive Sends Its Love Letter: Find History, Find Yourself
Scenes from a pandemic: 13
Jewelle Gomez
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October 12, 2018
How Latin Got Woke
Latin has long been the domain of dead white men. Today, a new cadre of scholars is trying to take it back.
Lisa De Bode
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October 6, 2018
Nate Chinen’s Daring New History of Modern Jazz
Nate Chinen’s new book confronts the contemporary jazz moment with clarity and authority.
David Hajdu
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September 18, 2018
Want to Defend Democracy? Start With Your Public Library.
Public libraries are critical within the public sphere and, when fully supported, represent the best of government at work.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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May 25, 2018
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March 9, 2018
Language Is a ‘War Zone’: A Conversation With Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
The Kenyan author discusses colonialism and abandoning English to write in his native Kikuyu.
Rohit Inani
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December 21, 2017
In Turkey, Repression of the Kurdish Language Is Back, With No End in Sight
Since 2015, scores of Kurdish media organizations, associations, language schools, and cultural institutions have been shut down.
Constanze Letsch
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May 10, 2017
What Herman Melville Can Teach Us About the Trump Era
He would point out that what plagues us are the sins of the past coming home to roost: America’s tolerance of bigotry and blindness to its own faults.
Ariel Dorfman
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April 7, 2017
Who Needs the NEA and NEH?
What is really lost when we cut public funds for the arts and humanities.
David Hajdu