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Such a lens shows that the mobility of these women depended on the labor of those who were unfree.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
His brother, god of hunting and tracking, is caught in the cruel paradox of parole — somehow still unfree and searching for liberty and purpose, yearning for the seeming escape of his own car on the open road, always in danger of being hunted down himself.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Their robust negations appeared to put both them and their American hosts on the right side of history, compared with writers in the unfree world of authoritarian regimes, who seemed to have been permanently tainted by lies, equivocations, and evasions.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
What does liberty mean and how can it be lived in an unfree world?
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
His brother, god of hunting and tracking, is caught in the cruel paradox of parole — somehow still unfree and searching for liberty and purpose, yearning for the seeming escape of his own car on the open road, always in danger of being hunted down himself.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Their robust negations appeared to put both them and their American hosts on the right side of history, compared with writers in the unfree world of authoritarian regimes, who seemed to have been permanently tainted by lies, equivocations, and evasions.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
What does liberty mean and how can it be lived in an unfree world?
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Unfree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfree. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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