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Night Owl

Patrick Daly
California poet Patrick Daly reflects on the reach, and limits, of the imagination, where nature, art and politics intertwine in often disturbing ways.

McCarthyism and Its Victims: Here We Go Again?

Paul Buhle Portside
Repression is certainly in the air, its effects likely to be as chilling as intended: people are afraid and have good reasons to be afraid. Reviews of two recent books on Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and the Long War Against American Communism.

History Lesson

Laleh Khalili Jewish Currents
Adam Kirsch’s On Settler Colonialism is an anti-woke screed disguised as serious scholarship.

When Did People Start Eating Sweets for Dessert?

Timothy Ott historyfacts.com
The rise of cafés and tea houses in post-French Revolution Paris popularized the concept of single-portioned desserts as did France's powerful influence on culinary customs.

Electrodomestico

Prartho Sereno
Marin County poet Prartho Sereno meditates on the ironic response of her mother's generation to the promises of technology.

Red Channels: America’s Lasting Legacy of Repression

Ed Rampell The Progressive
Writer Rampell looks at a long-forgotten, but deeply influential, document from the domestic Cold War that served the unofficial blacklist for radio and television performers, with the aim of helping draw lessons for today.

Yes, Superman Has Always Been an Immigration Story

Andrew Slack, Jose Antonio Vargas The Hollywood Reporter
Accusations that James Gunn has “politicized” Superman come laughably late, as the world's most famous superhero has always been political, write narrative strategist Andrew Slack and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas.