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Ana Gavrilovska on Pynchon’s Prescient Technofascism

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Dear Harlequin: Nobody Asked For Your Weird, New AI Video “Microdramas”

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How World War I Created the Army Olive Green We Know Today

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How Pregnancy and Childrearing Alter Our Perception of Time and Aging

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The History of the Young Lords of Chicago

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The Best Mysteries, Thrillers, and Crime Novels of April 2026

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What Did European Life Look Like at the Dawn of Capitalism?

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The Real Cancel Culture: NYU Has Put an End to Live Student Graduation Speeches

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Nazis in America, c. 1938-1941

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The Town Where The Last Picture Show Was Filmed Absolutely Hated It

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On a Bet, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Invented the Way We Still Identify Plants

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Trailblazer or Panderer? Inside the Life and Career of Black Comedian Stepin Fetchit

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