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Palestine 36 Reclaims a Buried Anti-Colonial Revolt

Interview with Annemarie Jacir by Ed Rampell Jacobin
Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36 resurrects the mass anti‑colonial revolt that Britain crushed with overwhelming force — and shows how its legacy still shapes the present.

books

When Shakespeare Took On Joe McCarthy

A.O. Scott The New York Times
In a new book, the Harvard scholar Marjorie Garber suggests how Americans targeted during the Red Scare used literature to confound their interrogators.

poetry

Apocalypse Now

Sally Mansfield Abbott
Poet Sally Mansfield Abbott finds that "doomscrolling" offers exactly what its name implies.

poetry

The Confidence Game

Tongo Eisen-Martin
Like a magician, poet Tongo Eisen-Martin pulls words and images out of a hat filled with frightening wonders.

poetry

A Calling

Leslie Simon
Poet Leslie Simon gathers a cacophony of voices, some warlike, some not, surveying the present devastation.

food

Scientists Are Rethinking Protein

Stacey Leasca Food & Wine
Hybrid foods may deliver the taste and texture consumers crave while reducing the carbon footprint.

food

The 2026 Farm Bill and Big Tech

Anthony Pahnke Fortune
The current Farm Bill that is now meandering through Congress — entitled The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 — reveals some potentially troubling inclusions worth digging into.
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