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Memoir
By: | December 15, 2015

An excerpt from Lauret Savoy's memoir about history, race, and the American landscape, which was longlisted for the 2016 PEN Open Book Award. More

Turning Japanese

Graphic Narrative
By: | December 11, 2015

Mari-san, why didn’t your mother teach you Japanese? That’s a question I’ve been asking for a long time. More

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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg defends decision not to act on incendiary presidential posts after criticism by civil rights leaders and employees.
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It has been nearly 10 months since anyone has heard from Samuel Wazizi, a journalist arrested August 2 and handed over to Cameroon’s military.
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[email protected] reports the Drug Enforcement Administration has been given sweeping authority to collect intelligence on protestors.
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