On August 3, President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign launched a new 30-second attack ad against the…
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The Gothic Heroine’s Second Act
Quarantine art is marked by dread and claustrophobia, characteristics that have always been predominantly female. The future…
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I Don’t Think Anyone Grows Up Wanting to Be a Prison Guard
I don’t think anyone grows up wanting to be a prison guard. I was going to…
Continue ReadingThe White Nationalist Education of Stephen Miller
GEN: Why did you want to write a book about Stephen Miller? Jean Guerrero: It started…
Continue ReadingI’m a Flight Attendant. The Airlines Don’t Care Enough About My Health or Yours
A morning ritual is a difficult thing to keep up when the world as you know…
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I’ve Been Telling Hollywood to Hire Black Talent for Years
As a kid growing up in the 1990s, I didn’t put two and two together. I…
Continue ReadingThe World Aflame Uses Color to Make Us See History’s Darker Moments
Marina Amaral and Dan Jones’ new book colorizes early to mid-20th century war photos to draw…
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Talking About Racial Bias With the Author of ‘Biased’
Few can speak more authoritatively to the subject of racial bias than Stanford psychologist Jennifer Eberhardt.…
Continue ReadingRichmond’s Statues of Limitation
While the monument’s scene was serene that night, Richmond was not. About a half-mile away, aggressive…
Continue ReadingWhy half-normal feels even stranger than total chaos
Welcome back to Flux, a weekly newsletter from GEN about the powerful forces reshaping America. I’m…
Continue ReadingThe Pandemic Isn’t Forcing Moms Out of the Workforce
Let’s be crystal clear about why working mothers are suffering. On Wednesday, the Washington Post published a…
Continue ReadingThe National Pastime Is a National Disgrace
As it bumbles its way toward what looks like an even shorter season than it planned,…
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