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Letter from a Target-Rich Environment

By Barrett Swanson January 10, 2018
In an age where mass shootings can transform malls or classrooms into war-zones, teachers are getting new training: combat vigilance.
Lives Conflict
Essay

The Consequences of El Salvador’s Abortion Ban

By Michelle Oberman January 11, 2018
A cautionary tale of how criminalization impacts women across class lines.
GenderPolitics
Commentary

The Women of the White House

By Rafia Zakaria January 10, 2018
A feminist reading of Fire and Fury.
Politics
Interview

Theater for a Now Audience: A Roundtable

By Carla Stockton January 17, 2018
Today's playwrights and directors weigh in on politics in theater and the state of the stage in a time of upheaval.
Arts & Culture
Commentary

The Family Dolls, Featuring Charlie, Leslie, & More

By John Reed December 20, 2017
Why it's okay to play with Manson family paper dolls: The first six installments of John Reed's Manson Family Paper Doll book. Print & Color Yourself!
Arts & CultureHistoryUSA
Interview

Gui Stampur: Reform Is Long Overdue

By Phineas Lambert December 17, 2017
The lawyer and activist on helping unaccompanied immigrant children navigate immigration court.
Justice
Essay

My Mother’s Secret Ballot

By Rachel Parsons January 29, 2018
She and I both grew up near Detroit. How could she vote for Trump?
Family & RelationshipsPoliticsUSA
Fiction

Old Man There Are Things You Need

Fiction by Annie Dewitt January 24, 2018
That night Father and I get drunk and smoke cigarettes together like he's not my father.
Family & Relationships
Report

Enduring Abductions, Torture, and Tangled Asylum Laws, Eritrean Refugees’ Stories Still Go Unheard

By Isma’il Kushkush January 22, 2018
Four Eritrean refugees discuss their harrowing escapes, the networks that saved them, and their plans for the future.
AfricaEurope
AudioPoetry

Rooms

Poetry by Rewa Zeinati January 19, 2018
We used to think that refugees / were of one kind / and we never knew / that we were too.
Conflict
Essay

The Summons

By Mark Doty January 18, 2018
The kiss you really want to talk about.
The Kiss Family & Relationships
Interview

Theater for a Now Audience: A Roundtable

By Carla Stockton January 17, 2018
Today's playwrights and directors weigh in on politics in theater and the state of the stage in a time of upheaval.
Arts & Culture
Fiction

Where Night Stops

An excerpt from the novel by Douglas Light January 15, 2018
Word got around that I was out of the hospital. Heavy casseroles made with Campbell’s soups and topped with fried onions arrived on my doorstep. Food for my grieving. I threw them out.
Family & Relationships
AudioPoetry

Notes on Inheritance

Poetry by Chelsea Dingman January 12, 2018
I stretch my neck into the next life.
Bodies & NatureGender
Essay

The Consequences of El Salvador’s Abortion Ban

By Michelle Oberman January 11, 2018
A cautionary tale of how criminalization impacts women across class lines.
GenderPolitics
Commentary

The Women of the White House

By Rafia Zakaria January 10, 2018
A feminist reading of Fire and Fury.
Politics
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