Like Nazis looking for Jewishness by checking the foreskins of prisoners, the identitarians of both fascist and social justice strands divine from pale skin and penises the indelible mark of the power to dominate. By Rhyd Wildermuth.

A complex network of local organizations helps neighbors support one another as they rebound from a dying industry. By Peter Slavin.

This [Mollie Mills] documentary unpacks the fierce subculture offering solace for queer people in one of America’s most dangerous cities. By Anna Cafolla.

We may be living through times of unprecedented change, but in uncertainty lies the power to influence the future. Now is not the time to despair, but to act. Rebecca Solnit on living in dark times.

How have decades of mass media and technology changed us? Rex Sorgatz returns to his hometown — once isolated, now connected — to conduct an experiment and answer the unanswerable.

Elias Rodriques on segregation, separatism, and the history of black barbershops.