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Benjamin Franklin Was One of Many Early Americans Who Spread Genocidal Propaganda About Indigenous Nations

Benjamin Franklin Was One of Many Early Americans Who Spread Genocidal Propaganda About Indigenous Nations

Paul C. Rosier on Racial Conflict in the Early Republic

By Paul C. Rosier | March 13, 2026

What I Learned From Making a Documentary About My Grandmother Beryl Bainbridge

What I Learned From Making a Documentary About My Grandmother Beryl Bainbridge

Filmmaker Charlie Russell on Keeping His Grandmother’s Story Alive for a New Generation

By Charlie Russell | March 13, 2026

The Book of Michael Silverblatt

The Book of Michael Silverblatt

Logan Scherer Remembers “the Best Reader in America”

By Logan Scherer | March 11, 2026

Why Jane Austen Adaptations Just Keep Coming—And We Keep Watching

Why Jane Austen Adaptations Just Keep Coming—And We Keep Watching

Lauren W. Westerfield on Privilege and Money in Austen’s Works

By Lauren W. Westerfield | March 9, 2026

Your Favorite Male Rapper’s Favorite Rapper

Your Favorite Male Rapper’s Favorite Rapper

Jessica Lynne on Missy Elliott’s Offstage Sonic World

By Jessica Lynne | March 9, 2026

On the Rise of <em>Pitchfork</em> and 21st-Century Music Criticism

On the Rise of Pitchfork and 21st-Century Music Criticism

Ronen Givony on the Early Days of Music Reviewing

By Ronen Givony | March 6, 2026

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Tobias Carroll on the Shockingly Mixed Legacy of England’s Mosley Family

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Jesse Jackson Loved Us—Sometimes Before We Loved Ourselves

Jesse Jackson Loved Us—Sometimes Before We Loved Ourselves

Steven W. Thrasher on Jackson’s legacy of support for LGBTQ rights and HIV/AIDS prevention

By Steven W. Thrasher | February 25, 2026

The European Myth of Indigenous “Savages”

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David J. Silverman on Race and Religion in the Colonization of Native Americans

By David J. Silverman | February 25, 2026

Among the Fascists and the Nazis: How Two Women Journalists Survived the Chaos of 1930s Europe

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Julia Cooke on Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles

By Julia Cooke | February 24, 2026

James Baldwin‘s Lessons For Black Gay Rights Activists

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C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost on How History Bestowed an Identity on Baldwin that He Never Claimed Himself

By C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost | February 24, 2026

Namwali Serpell on Approaching Toni Morrison’s Work As a Reader and a Critic

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of On Morrison

By Jane Ciabattari | February 17, 2026

Meet the Father of Modern European Fascism: The Marquis de Morès

Meet the Father of Modern European Fascism: The Marquis de Morès

Sergio Luzzatto on the French Origins of the Revolutionary Far-Right

By Sergio Luzzatto | February 17, 2026

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