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The Secret History of America
The Secret History of America
Chapter III — Pandemic Election Survival School
Michael Mark Cohen
Dec 10, 2020
Pedophile Hauntology
Pedophile Hauntology
We are haunted by the spectre of the pedophile.
Dylan Burgoon
Dec 10, 2020
The Most American Thing I Could Do is Die
The Most American Thing I Could Do is Die
We need an American Girl doll who’s so distressed by the climate crisis she kills herself. I am her.
Ava Guihama
Dec 10, 2020
The End of the World (as we know it)
The End of the World (as we know it)
“It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism” — Frederic Jameson
Dewi
Dec 17, 2020
Alpha Beta Corona
Alpha Beta Corona
Greek Life in the Pandemic
Ashley Futterman
Dec 10, 2020
Red Is Not My Favorite Color
Red Is Not My Favorite Color
growing up as the world burns
Alecia Harger
Dec 10, 2020
Abolition Everything
Abolition Everything
We are forced to reckon with the madness of the world. My friends and I, all just verging on twenty, are standing in the eye of what feels…
Emmagerson
Dec 11, 2020
Breath
Breath
A story about me, my grandfather, and Van Jones
Adam Ballard
Dec 10, 2020
Pop Goes the Gig Economy
Pop Goes the Gig Economy
Single Mothers are Getting Gobbled Up by Necroliberalism
Haley North
Dec 14, 2020
In the Shadows
In the Shadows
The Power of Silence
Jarod Hatch
Dec 17, 2020
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