Even at the low-security prison that held actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, sexual violence against imprisoned women is rampant.| Public Books
Police chases place ordinary citizens in grave danger. No amount of training or increasingly strict department policies will change that.| Public Books
“Arguments stand or fall to the degree to which the practice is done well.”| Public Books
On the top of the walls, I stopped to admire the panoramic Adriatic Sea views. Below, a basketball court abutted the walls, and kids were shooting hoops.| Public Books
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.| Public Books
Authorial responsibility to a real subject—living or dead—is one of art’s unresolved and probably unresolvable ethical questions.| Public Books
In her latest, Sheila Heti embarks on an inverted Oulipian experiment, producing content in a fundamentally unrestricted manner.| Public Books
Should satirical art have equal measures of heart?| Public Books
“Borders generate more human possibilities: citizens standing for the rights of noncitizens, finding them refuge, seeking them sanctuary, pushing at the margins of the state and its sovereignty.”| Public Books