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Curating Resurrection
Susan Howe's Debths is the culminating gesture of her remarkable career.
Is Stealthing a Sex Crime?
Prosecuting stealthing may not be the best way to end the practice.
Three Poems
A long time ago
A group of old white men
Sat in a wopped circle just like this
In weird worship
Trying to determine
Who or what or when God is
How George Osborne and Ed Miliband Saved Labour
It has not been an easy path from Blairite centrism to radical socialist hope.
The Death and Life of America’s Waters
From the Great Lakes to the Flint River, we have devastated our waters through negligence, lethargy, and good intentions.
America’s Case of Mistaken Identity
Building a national identity may require offering special accomodations to diverse groups, including those we don't agree with.
He Said, He Said: The Feminization of James Comey
Conservatives routinely deny that gender is fluid. Yet they have feminized Comey in order to bring him down.
The Obsessions of Hitchcock, Welles, and Kubrick
A new book takes on the titans of twentieth-century cinema, fetishes and all.
The Ground Beneath Corbyn’s Feet
Theresa May came to bury the Labour Party, but instead she and her party have been deeply damaged.
BR Poetry
A new home for poetry and criticism. Discover, read, and share your favorites today.
Trump’s Jacksonian Moment
A biography of Andrew Jackson recounts a bloody history and reveals disturbing parallels with Trump.
Dayshift as Conduit
My mother told me I live
like a beast and like a beast
I will die. So goes the omen:
my family tree rooted in animal
There Is No History Without Names
Layli Long Soldier’s debut collection confronts a history of physical, cultural, and linguistic violence.
How Good Health Became a Numbers Game
It is no longer necessary to feel ill in order to be ill.
Summer Poetry Reading
New poetry from Chen Chen, Jennifer Kronovet, Jennifer Scappettone, Alli Warren, and Andrew Wessels.
All in the Family Debt
How neoliberals and conservatives came together to undo the welfare state.
Polanyi, the Failed Prophet of Moral Economics
Polanyi gave us a vital counterpoint to the hegemony of political economics. But how far can he take us?
The Dream Hoarders
Focusing on the top 1 percent is a mistake. The real class divide is between the upper middle class—the top 20 percent—and the rest of America.
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