Class & Inequality

Will Amazon Take Over the World?

What the rise of megaplatforms means for the rest of us.

Frank Pasquale

Print Issues

The President's House Is Empty

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Literature & Culture

Ants Among Elephants

Sujatha Gidla, born an untouchable in India, tells the story of her family.

Sujatha Gidla

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Literature & Culture

Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again

Junot Díaz interviews Margaret Atwood about The Handmaid's Tale, political dystopias, and Drake.

Margaret Atwood, Junot Díaz

War & Security

A Witch-Hunt in Turkey

One year after Turkey's failed coup, retribution has become a farcical national obsession.

Umar Farooq

POETRY

BR Poetry

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Fiction

Submit: The Aura Estrada Short Story Contest

Judged by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the contest is open until October 1. The winner receives publication and a $1,500 prize.

Science & Nature

The Death and Life of America's Waters

From the Great Lakes to the Flint River, we have devastated our waters through negligence, lethargy, and good intentions.

Meghan O’Gieblyn

Politics

For Labour, Victory Next Time

Were Labour's gains in the recent British election overblown, or is there real cause for hope?

Martin O’Neill

Politics

The Conservative Con That Gave Us Trumpcare

The American Health Care Act has a long history that returns us to the New Deal and its critics.

Lawrence B. Glickman

Science & Nature

Silicon Valley to Liberal Arts Majors: We Want You

Tech billionaires love to declare the death of liberal arts, but could they instead be the future of Silicon Valley?

Tom Slee

Gender & Sexuality, Politics

He Said, He Said: The Feminization of James Comey

Conservatives routinely deny that gender is fluid. Yet they have feminized Comey in order to bring him down.

Bonnie Honig

Class & Inequality, Education & Opportunity

The Dream Hoarders: How America's Top 20 Percent Perpetuates Inequality

Focusing on the top 1 percent is a mistake. The real class divide is between the upper middle class and the rest of America.

Richard V. Reeves

Class & Inequality

All in the Family Debt

How neoliberals and conservatives came together to undo the welfare state.

Melinda Cooper