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Angela Parker rethinks the idea of “angry black women” through her reading of the biblical character Herodias.

Jason Byassee finds religion reemerging in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Willow Mindich explores how memory affects our understanding of truth and the self.

In a moment when so much information is unreliable and even more distressing, we feel an obligation to provide for our readership a small selection of writing that encourages the stirrings of critical thought and resistance. This is what we’re reading this week: The multiple ways that Donald Trump would personally benefit from his tax […]

In a moment when so much information is unreliable and even more distressing, we feel an obligation to provide for our readership a small selection of writing that encourages the stirrings of critical thought and resistance. This is what we’re reading this week: Some Remarks on the Future of the Colorado River (and also the […]

In this poem by T. M. Lawson, a woman visits her mother in the hospital to say goodbye.

In a moment when so much information is unreliable and even more distressing, we feel an obligation to provide for our readership a small selection of writing that encourages the stirrings of critical thought and resistance. This is what we’re reading this week: The End of Bipartisanship and the Legacy of Mitch McConnell: But most […]

In a moment when so much information is unreliable and even more distressing, we feel an obligation to provide for our readership a small selection of writing that encourages the stirrings of critical thought and resistance. This is what we’re reading this week: Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal of Washington State pioneers the College for All Act […]

Peter Herman’s depression helps him nurture empathy and compassion with those who suffer most under a racist regime.