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Capitalism, My Good Old Friend: Please Don’t Leave Me—These Godawful Leftists Want My Hard-Earned Money
Got your attention, didn’t I? You know exactly who you are, dear reader.
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Capitalism, My Good Old Friend: Please Don’t Leave Me—These Godawful Leftists Want My Hard-Earned Money
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How Do You Write This Powerfully? Ágota Kristóf and the Trauma of Exile
On silence and survival—and the extraordinary literary force of Ágota Kristóf.
Jun 20
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How Do You Write This Powerfully? Ágota Kristóf and the Trauma of Exile
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This One Is for Rima Hassan
Integrity and risk in a world of moral disappearance.
Jun 10
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This One Is for Rima Hassan
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Mind the (Data) Gap
Scenes from the life of an economist navigating public finance consulting, municipal data gaps, and the politics of funding design.
Jun 6
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Mind the (Data) Gap
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May 2025
Is life too hard? Just lean in habibi like the careless people
If you’re going to read one memoir this year, make it Sarah Wynn-Williams’ time at Facebook. Everything around us will make so much more sense. You’re…
May 20
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Is life too hard? Just lean in habibi like the careless people
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Small Things, Still Burning
When war lingers long enough for death to vanish into the everyday—and no one asks why.
May 18
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Small Things, Still Burning
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You’re Not Lacking. You’re Just on Instagram.
Perfection™: Curated Lives, Filtered Misery, and the Lie of Fulfillment
May 14
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You’re Not Lacking. You’re Just on Instagram.
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April 2025
When We Say “Tax the Rich”—We Don’t Mean You, So You Can Relax
Rethinking power, public spending, and why taxation isn’t the enemy
Apr 24
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When We Say “Tax the Rich”—We Don’t Mean You, So You Can Relax
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When Survival Is All You’ve Known
On Jacqueline Harpman’s Devastating and Tender Dystopia
Apr 6
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When Survival Is All You’ve Known
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March 2025
Shadows of Democracy: The Machinery Behind Populist Power
Dear Fellow Canadians, Before You Vote, Take a Moment to Read This (Or Not)
Mar 31
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Shadows of Democracy: The Machinery Behind Populist Power
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Trump 2.0: The Radical Push for Economic Self-Sufficiency in an Imperialist Economy
Or Just Another Day of Making Love-y Love to Neoliberalism. Time Will Tell.
Mar 14
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Trump 2.0: The Radical Push for Economic Self-Sufficiency in an Imperialist Economy
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The Book I Thought I’d Write—Until Nettel Did
There’s No Such Thing as a "Normal" Mother: Community, Care, and the Many Forms of Mothering
Mar 8
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The Book I Thought I’d Write—Until Nettel Did
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