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Who Profits From ‘Saving’ Women?

Ngozi Nwosu-Juba Africa is a Country
From the Women’s War of 1929 to the Anlu uprising three decades later, African women were organizing and resisting long before donors arrived to ‘give them a voice.’

The Slave’s Power

Drew Gilpin Faust The New York Review of Books
Two recent books employ inventive approaches to read against the grain of the archive left by those who defended and benefited from human bondage.

Wage Suppression in 10 Charts

Elise Gould, Hilary Wething Economic Policy Institute
Wages make up a large share of income for most U.S. working families, lost wage growth meant sluggish income growth. There was one group where wage growth, and income growth, was substantial: the top 1%, whose wages skyrocketed 182% since 1979

The ‘Gray Arm’ of Israeli Annexation

Amos Brison +972 Magazine
A settler-led wing of the army is driving Palestinian displacement on the state's behalf. But as Yagil Levy explains, this devil's bargain comes not without costs.

What Barbara Kingsolver Believes the Novel Can Do

Casey Cep The New Yorker
One of the country’s most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In her new book, she considers the role of art—and who it’s for.