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Nell Irvin Painter

Nell Irvin Painter is the author of I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays.

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June 20, 2024
MagazineNell Irvin Painter
Liberalism Has the Ideas–but Does It Have the Will to Impose Them?
This magazine’s own history reflects liberalism’s halting progress. Can it, and we, do better?
December 2, 2022
MagazineNell Irvin Painter
Improving American Democracy Means Working Locally for the Common Good
Amid the threats of climate change and civil war, the “solidarity dividend” benefits everyone.
August 7, 2019
Ryu Spaeth, Clint Smith, Mychal Denzel Smith , Nell Irvin Painter, Jo Livingstone
Remembering Toni Morrison
Four writers pay tribute to a great American novelist and groundbreaking intellect.
October 11, 2017
MagazineNell Irvin Painter
Long Divisions
The history of racism and exclusion in the United States is the history of whiteness.