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Prison library

Shining a Light on Life Behind Bars Shining a Light on Life Behind Bars

In letters compiled by the American Prison Writing Archive, inmates share accounts of suicide, friendship, and solitary confinement.

Nov 12, 2018 / Ella Fassler

In ‘The Haunting of Hill House,’ Hell Is Other People

In ‘The Haunting of Hill House,’ Hell Is Other People In ‘The Haunting of Hill House,’ Hell Is Other People

The Netflix series is the latest contribution to a recent horror renaissance.

Nov 12, 2018 / Erin Schwartz

‘There’s a Lot of New Ground for Democrats to Fight Over’: A Q&A With Ben Rhodes

‘There’s a Lot of New Ground for Democrats to Fight Over’: A Q&A With Ben Rhodes ‘There’s a Lot of New Ground for Democrats to Fight Over’: A Q&A With Ben Rhodes

The former Obama speechwriter and deputy national-security adviser discusses the future of foreign policy and the Democratic party.  

Nov 9, 2018 / David Klion

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Letters From the December 3-10, 2018, Issue Letters From the December 3-10, 2018, Issue

This is what heroism looks like… Lost in translation… Humph!…

Nov 8, 2018 / Our Readers

When the World Tried to Outlaw War

When the World Tried to Outlaw War When the World Tried to Outlaw War

What, if anything, can we learn from the 1928 Paris Peace Pact?

Nov 8, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Wertheim

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

No Corroborating Evidence… No Corroborating Evidence…

...to support the president's, um, ‘claims.’ 

Nov 6, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

Ntozake Shange

For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow

Through bravery and pain, she wrote with fierce love for young black women.

Nov 1, 2018 / Rebecca Carroll

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

This Week’s News… From the Right This Week’s News… From the Right

Dispatches from the party that definitely won’t be contesting any midterm-election results.

Oct 30, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

Trump walking east room

Donald Trump’s Debasement of American Democracy Donald Trump’s Debasement of American Democracy

Jill Lepore on Trump and history.

Oct 26, 2018 / Jon Wiener

Voting ballot box

The GOP and Voter Suppression The GOP and Voter Suppression

Amidst all the campaigning babble, One strategy’s always worth noting: To keep them from voting against us We simply need keep them from voting,…

Oct 25, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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