Fall Books is here! We have Vivian Gornick on love and death in American fiction, Osita Nwanevu on saving democracy, Laila Lalami on Soraya Antonius's Palestine, Bruce Robbins on the Bund, Alex Press on millennial workers, Edna Bonhomme on Imani Thompson, and more!

In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent gives Democrats another reason to vote in November. Plus: How Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s Medicaid unmasked the racists.

“We won’t be silenced anymore. Our university needs to start protecting us, like they should’ve with Jane Doe and all other survivors on campus.”

Why are center-left Democrats so comfortable going on noted bigot Bill Maher's show?

From the archives: For far too long, Palestinians have been denied the freedom to tell our own story.

Do not attempt to mark a date on a calendar that is not yours. If you do, keep your prayers—or celebrations—and let us keep what remains of your dignity. Read @mohamhawish.bsky.social on three years after October 7th:

In many of the agencies that were targeted for massive staff reductions, women and people of color made up the majority of the workforce, according to a report from the National Women's Law Center.

Tyler Hack, founder of the only political action group dedicated solely to getting supporters of trans rights selected, believes there is no pro-trans Congress without a strong Democratic majority—but what kind of Democrat matters.

For Israel’s E1 settlement plan to become a reality, it must address a persistent thorn in its side: Khan al-Ahmar, a village of roughly 200 members of the Jahalin Bedouin community and home to the area’s only elementary school serving Bedouin children.

The thing I've been mulling: for every horrifying sexual assault story you hear, there are 100 stories that don't quite reach the level of "report this to the police immediately" but still are traumatic, still have long, long effects. 1/

I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.

Even before her state botched another execution, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerri Green was telling Tennesseans “the death penalty has always been inhumane, expensive, and biased.” Green is running a smart, courageous campaign that brings realism and moral clarity to Tennessee politics.