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On Courage

by Kevin Baker,

As of this writing, we are still about three months away from the first vote of the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination—and already “our side” seems set to tear…

Secrets and Lies

by Linda Stasi,

Sexual abuse in the world of Orthodox Judaism

Power of Attorney

by Andrew Cockburn,

Can progressive prosecutors achieve meaningful criminal-justice reform?

Stonewall at Fifty

by Harper’s Magazine,

Three writers and activists consider the meanings of Pride

Civic Virtues

by Jack Denton,

Green-Wood Cemetery, where objectionable statues are laid to rest

Red Letter Days

by Rachel Kushner,

From Issue 23 of The Fabulist, published by Aesop to coincide with the Serpentine Galleries’ 2018 Serpentine Pavilion, which is on view through October 7 in London. My first encounter…

The Immunity Doctrine

by Julia Harte,

Can officials be held liable for the suffering they inflict?

Asphalt Gardens

by Samuel James,

To Laugh That We May Not Weep

by Art Spiegelman,

A nearly forgotten cartoonist we need to look at — right now!

Realty Bites

by D.W. Gibson,

From a conversation with Raul, a resident of Manhattan, included in The Edge Becomes the Center, an oral history of gentrification in New York City, by D. W. Gibson, out…

Harlem Is Nowhere

by Ralph Ellison,

To live in Harlem is to dwell in the very bowels of the city; it is to pass a labyrinthine existence among streets that explode monotonously skyward with the spires…