Sex Workers of the World United

A group of people dressed in red and black hold protest signs beneath umbrellas. One reads "Sex work is work."

… newly expelled from brothels, who were trying to feed and clothe themselves by selling sex. By the end of the war, tens of thousands of women had been locked up for practicing prostitution—or for having sexually transmitted infections, or for simply being promiscuous. The American Plan, as this crackdown was later known, was …

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Responses to Our Spring 2019 Issue

… was in music. But Schopenhauer saw clearly the violence of the phenomenal world we inhabit. His answer was that the will, which is everything, had nothing to feed on but itself. The source of this world’s music and violence was the dumb will constantly devouring itself.
“zanmacarthur”
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The End of Driving

… route follows a broad and heavily traveled two-lane road that spills onto the parkway to Washington, and near the bottom it is joined by a big feeder street that comes in from the left, clogged with drivers seeking to join the city-bound stream. The problem for them is that there’s no light …

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Meat Made

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The Space Between Our Ears

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Totes Adorbs

A stylized pink-and-white cat toy waves hello

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Little Boxes, Big Ideas

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Cocido

… fanfare, the feast began. Wine was handed out, a bowl of stew, and a roll. People wandered off to sit on a bench or a wall and savor it, and indeed it was worth lingering over, soldiers feeding the people, no one starving, no one fighting, but reinforcements and more supplies arriving throughout the afternoon.

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“Making Books Is a Countercultural Act”

… catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.
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The Ten Commandments of Bible Translation

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