Books
A Jakarta childhood ends: Tari Lang bears witness to Indonesia’s 1965 bloodbath
July 23, 2026The book shows the 1965-1966 Indonesia killings—which remain, by body count, one of the great atrocities of the twentieth century, one of the least prosecuted, and least apologized for—through a teenage girl's eyes.
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The Cherokee War of 1776: A timely volume for the U.S.’ 250th anniversary
July 13, 2026Though not perfect, in the eyes of reviewer Albert Bender, the new book by Kevin Kokomoor corrects many biased narratives.
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Philly’s Du Bois-Robeson People’s Center fights to keep its doors open
July 13, 2026The 40-year-old working-class bookstore is a hub for an entire community, and it needs your help.
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Resistance, the unverifiable, and the horse in Ali Smith’s ‘Gliff’
June 16, 2026Smith argues that defiance is a persistent, improvised salving: tending wounds, remembering the erased, and walking north toward the unverifiable.
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Ernest Poole’s ‘The Harbor’: A working-class classic that still matters
May 14, 2026"The Harbor" does for the ship and dock workers of New York what Upton Sinclair’s "The Jungle" did for the immigrants working in the meatpacking industry in Chicago.
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