How to read a poem

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Ideally over a lifetime, says New Yorker’s Kevin Young By Kevin Young December 16, 2025 3 min read Kevin Young ’92…

The Bible says little about Jesus’ childhood – but that didn’t stop medieval Christians from enjoying tales of him as holy ‘rascal’

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An illustration from the Vernon Manuscript, from around 1400, shows the familiar motif of an ox and ass watching over…

The Phony War on Christians

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by Diane Roberts, Florida Phoenix December 15, 2025 Remember the War on Christmas, when conservatives worked themselves into a lather…

Science Needs to Embrace the Idea of Style

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December 4, 2025 by C. Brandon Ogbunu The stage play “A Disappearing Number,” conceived by Simon McBurney, focuses on the…

Americans are waking up to right-wing antisemitism. We’re still ignoring the root problem

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Elad Nehorai December 5, 2025 This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free…

Reclaiming the Somali narrative in the diaspora

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By: Sulekha Mahmoud Egal, December 4, 2025 Somali creatives across film, tech, photography, and architecture are asserting control of their…

I was interrogated by Israeli authorities — I know why they’re terrified of peace activists like me

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Zak Witus December 2, 2025This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email…

We are hardwired to sing − and it’s good for us, too

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Gospel choir director Clyde Lawrence performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 25, 2025. AP Photo/Gerald…

Obama tells Arkansas audience young people give him hope for US democracy

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by Antoinette Grajeda, Arkansas Advocate December 1, 2025 Although the country is more divided and democracy is more unstable than…

The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates,Jr.

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The Professor with the Limp and the Cane and the Cop with the Gun and the Badge By: Donald E. Wilkes, Jr., Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law Originally published in: Flagpole…