In Review: What does it mean to be a woman who doesn’t want children? Erin Lane challenges maternal exceptionalism and its myths. by Beth Waltemath August 12, 2022
In Review: The American tradition of tearing down statues Public monuments hold power. So does their destruction, says historian Erin Thompson. by Devin C. Manzullo-Thomas August 8, 2022
In Review: A dinner party where women talk food Alissa Wilkinson imagines Maya Angelou hosting Hannah Arendt, Octavia Butler, Laurie Colwin, and others. by Amy Frykholm August 2, 2022
In Review: Paul Mariani seeks wisdom among the ghosts The poet, now in his eighties, asks profound questions in a dazzling array of poems. by Philip C. Kolin August 1, 2022
In Review: Understanding homelessness at a citywide level It’s a symptom of affluence more than poverty. by Meggan Manlove July 29, 2022
In Review: A theological exploration in the style of a Choose Your Own Adventure book Bethany Sollereder explores different approaches to understanding suffering—and enacts one. by Cornelius Swart July 28, 2022
In Review: A prophetic word against neoliberalism It runs our lives while pretending it isn’t there, says Rodney Clapp. He is having none of it. by Frances Kitson July 21, 2022
In Review: Can you like Dostoevsky? Philosopher and linguist Julia Kristeva asks but does not answer this question about the Russian novelist’s complex work. by Rebecca Bratten Weiss July 18, 2022
In Review: Animal midrash Jewish scholar Laura Duhan-Kaplan opens our eyes to biblical birds, insects, and mammals. by Sally Dyck July 14, 2022
In Review: Billy Graham’s transatlantic brand America’s pastor stepped into a historical moment framed by the Cold War and secularization. by Andrew Finstuen July 11, 2022
In Review: We need to talk about climate change Scientist Katharine Hayhoe recommends focusing on common ground and hope. by Jeannine Marie Pitas July 7, 2022
In Review: Maggie Nelson finds freedom in the emphatic middle Her new essay collection examines how Americans thread the needle between care and constraint. by Richard Rosengarten July 6, 2022
In Review: How Christena Cleveland walked away from “whitemalegod” The social psychologist went on a revolutionary pilgrimage in search of the sacred Black feminine. by Denise Rector June 30, 2022
In Review: Reckoning with the careless ableism of the church Amy Kenny’s call for disability justice leads with righteous anger but offers grace. by Elizabeth Felicetti June 29, 2022
In Review: The world through Niebuhr’s eyes 38 scholars weigh in on Reinhold Niebuhr’s life and times, his allies and adversaries, his theology and ethics by Barbara Ridpath June 27, 2022