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Modern Plagues

Katley Demetria Brown Freshwater Literary Journal
“Chemicals were not the answer,” says the Massachusetts poet Katley Demetria Brown. “They were the cause.”

Religion of the Market

L. Benjamin Rolsky Los Angeles Review of Books
This new book is a contribution to our understanding of the last half century of both U.S. and global economic policy.

Food Expiration Dates Don’t Have Much Science Behind Them

Jill Roberts The Conversation
Expiration dates could be more meaningful if they were based on scientific studies of a food’s rate of nutrient loss or microbial growth. A food safety researcher explains another way to know what’s too old to eat

Ms. Marvel Powerfully Portrays the Pain of Partition

Maryam Ahmad Nerdist
Ms. Marvel made the lasting trauma and division after Partition a significant conversation, introducing many to its horrors. Partition impacted millions of people in 1947. Generations later, we are still unpacking how it continues to resonate.

Being Roommates With a Stripper

Jennifer Elise Wang newversenews.com
Poet Jennifer Elise Wang gives the inside scoop about sex workers and other exploited workers.

The Evolution of a Radical Thinker

Thomas Filbin The Arts Fuse
This new biography of the famed Harlem Renaissance poet, novelist, and historian focuses on his pioneering work in the early international Communist movement on behalf of Black liberation.