Celebrating National Poetry Month
Ocean Vuong, John Ashbery, Claudia Rankine, and more.
Seeking Political Solutions in Israel and Palestine
One state, two states, and other proposals for peace.
Power, Politics, and Markets
The free market is not what it seems.
The Death and Life of the Author
Art, literature, and authorship in the age of generative AI.
Israel and Hamas at War
A collection on the deep context required to make sense of the violence.
Land, Language, and History
An Indigenous Peoples’ Day reading list
Everyone’s a Critic
The art and practice of literary criticism
The Future of Liberalism
Does it offer conceptual tools that could help us tackle today’s crises?
The First 9/11
The U.S.-backed coup against Chile’s Salvador Allende took place fifty years ago this week.
The Long Reach of Campus Politics
The university plays a central role in broader struggles over economic and political power.
Making Hope Possible
On the utopian and dystopian tendencies of our current conjuncture.
Politics Is Bananas
After years of relative neglect, consumption is once again being politicized.
The Precarious State of Israeli Democracy
Putting Israel’s recent protests in context.
The Question Concerning (Workplace) Technology
Will workers and the public get a say in how it’s used?
The Secret History of Revolutions
From the Magna Carta to the Mexican Revolution, there’s more to them than meets the eye.
After Affirmative Action
Can education fix inequality?
The Pursuit of Empire
The United States routinely contradicts its founding ideals.
Radical Pride
The rebellious origins of LGBTQ liberation
Fantasies of Fatherhood
Paternity is more complex than the stories we tell about it.
AI and the Specter of Automation
In a just world, productivity-enhancing technology would create more leisure and prosperity for everyone.
May Day and the Movement for Shorter Working Hours
International Workers’ Day is an occasion to build solidarity and rethink political economy.
Presidential Crimes
Trump’s indictment and arrest break with decades of executive impunity.
The Iraq War’s Catastrophic Consequences
Twenty years later, the U.S.-led invasion continues to shape geopolitics for the worse.
Women of the World, Unite!
A reading list for International Women’s Day
