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Alex Skopic reports on widespread attempts to ban books and shrink U.S. prison libraries. The carceral system is aiming to both further immiserate prisoners and set up corporations like Barnes & Noble to profit from them.

Sudip Bhattacharya reflects on life under austerity: amidst a built environment inscribed with inequality, a frustrated academic joins the gig economy to make ends meet.

Matthew Byrne offers a thoughtful reflection on the history of colonialism and militarism as expressed in three paintings by J.M.W. Turner and John Singer Sargent.

The actual extent of homelessness in the U.S., writes KJ Shepherd, is drastically underestimated—a result of flawed counting metrics, enabled by a broader refusal by power to admit its true, staggering scale.

This Halloween, Kim Kelly relates the history of gravedigger’s strikes. Underappreciated cemetery workers perform an essential social service, but only collective action can win them pay and job conditions that reflect their importance.