• History

    Catholicism

    You Don’t Have to Believe in God to Find Hope in Pope Leo

    “A world without hope is a world on the brink. And we are teetering.”

     
    By Aron Solomon  May 9, 2025
    World War II

    How a Group of Fearless American Women Defied Convention to Defeat the Nazis

    By Becky Aikman  May 8, 2025
    Women at War

    Remembering the Unacknowledged Sacrifices of the Red Army’s Female Snipers

    By Shelly Sanders  May 8, 2025
    World War II

    From the French Resistance to the Horrors of Hiroshima: Eight Globe-Spanning Books on World War II

    By Natasha Lester  May 8, 2025
    The Hub

    The Schomburg Library is turning 100 this year—and throwing an epic rager.

    By Brittany Allen  May 7, 2025
    literary criticism

    Poet of the Queer Brotherhood: How William Blake Influenced Oscar Wilde’s Circle

    By Philip Hoare  May 7, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Irish History

    An Immodest Proposal: How Britain’s Relentless Imperialism Created the Irish Potato Famine

    By Padraic X. Scanlan  May 7, 2025
    Globalization

    What the Voyage of a Single Container Ship Reveals About the World Economy

    By Ian Kumekawa  May 6, 2025
    Social Movements

    How New York City’s Radical Social Movements Gave Rise to Hip-Hop

    By Dean Van Nguyen  May 6, 2025
    Motherhood

    What Motherhood in Kenya Reveals About the Nature of Family

    Abigail Leonard Explores the Intersections of Traditional and Modern Parenting in East Africa

    By Abigail Leonard  May 9, 2025
    Law

    Why the Legal Profession Needs to Resist Donald Trump’s Authoritarian Intimidation Tactics

    By Aron Solomon  May 5, 2025
    Art History

    Dogs Through the Ages: A Creative History of a Faithful Human Companion

    By Jessica Poundstone  May 5, 2025
    Technology

    From MLMs to Nuclear War:
    10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in May

    By Literary Hub  May 2, 2025
    The Hub

    A brief literary history of May Day.

    Happy International Worker's Day!

    By Brittany Allen  May 1, 2025
    Ancient Rome

    Portraits of Power: Inside the Legacy Left by Ancient Rome’s Most Famous Emperors

    By Tom Holland  May 1, 2025
    Totalitarianism

    Unfree Minds: How Nazi Germany Perfected the Art of Inducing Fear

    By Charlotte Beradt  May 1, 2025
    Sports History

    How Baseball Shaped Black Communities in Reconstruction-Era America

    By Gerald Early  May 1, 2025
    Totalitarianism

    Darkest Nights: On the Literal Dreams of German Jews During Hitler’s Rise to Power

    Zoe Roth Puts Charlotte Beradt’s “The Third Reich of Dreams” in the Context of Our Current Reality

    By Zoe Roth  April 30, 2025
    Plagues

    How London’s Great Plague Planted the Seeds For Future Scientific Advancements

    By Thomas Levenson  April 30, 2025
    World War II

    Tracing the Journey of World War II’s Stolen and Looted Objects

    By Elisabeth Dini  April 29, 2025
    Literary History

    75 Years Ago, The Martian Chronicles Legitimized Science Fiction

    By Sam Weller  April 28, 2025
    Ancient History

    A Deeply Globalized Ancient World: On William Dalrymple’s The Golden Road

    Alok A. Khorana Explores the Millenia-Long Cultural Connections Between India and Eurasia

    By Alok A. Khorana  April 28, 2025
    Trans History

    Uncovering the Forgotten: The Struggle For Trans History, From Nazi Germany to Today

    By Milo Todd  April 28, 2025
    Inspiration

    What Can a 17th-Century English Doctor Teach Us About Embracing Uncertainty?

    By Cutter Wood  April 28, 2025
    The Hub

    Here are the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners.

    By Brittany Allen  May 5, 2025
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