SUPER-HUMAN SUPER-HUMAN
Hell, I know my superpower! I stare back at the solo sun & think, I could take you down, right to the cool core if my mother asked it of me, or if I thought my father would wri…
Is There a Better Way to Tell the Story of Nonhuman Life? Is There a Better Way to Tell the Story of Nonhuman Life?
Thalia Field’s Personhood challenges us to examine how human language has made it harder to care for the natural world.
Sep 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Vorona Cote
December 3, 1975 December 3, 1975
a golden shovel My mother wakes early to go to church. Dawn redux. Her áo dài is Virgin Mary blue. Her hair is still long, reflecting light. A border control officer filters throug…
Sep 23, 2021 / Poems / Cathy Linh Che
Dana Spiotta’s Political Fiction Dana Spiotta’s Political Fiction
In her new novel, Wayward, Spiotta offers an intricate portrait of how one woman experienced the uncertain days and months after Trump’s election.
Sep 22, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Katie Fitzpatrick
As the Pandemic Continues, College Students Return to a Different Campus As the Pandemic Continues, College Students Return to a Different Campus
Young people from across the country weigh in on how Covid is impacting their college experience.
Sep 21, 2021 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Republicans Urge Defiance of Biden Mandates Republicans Urge Defiance of Biden Mandates
Republicans say don’t comply When government tries to deny The freedom you’ve got To not take the shot, No matter how many folks die.
Sep 21, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Russia’s War Against the Cold Russia’s War Against the Cold
A new history considers how the struggle with Siberia’s permafrost redefined the country.
Sep 21, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson
David Graeber and David Wengrow’s Anarchist History of Humanity David Graeber and David Wengrow’s Anarchist History of Humanity
In The Dawn of Everything, Graeber and Wengrow offer a sweeping and ambitious exploration of life without the state.
Sep 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Immerwahr
Did Occupy Wall Street Make a Difference? Did Occupy Wall Street Make a Difference?
Flash in the pan or the prelude to political organizing as we know it today?
Sep 17, 2021 / Feature / Ruth Milkman, Stephanie Luce, and Penny Lewis
Afropessimism and Its Discontents Afropessimism and Its Discontents
A guide for the perplexed, the puzzled, and the politically confused.