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A Brief History of American Socialism

A Brief History of American Socialism

Michael Kazin on the Socialism’s Far-Reaching Influence on American Thought

By Michael Kazin | November 5, 2025

What Donald Trump’s Isolationism Means For America—and the World

What Donald Trump’s Isolationism Means For America—and the World

Michael McFaul on the Challenges Facing the Liberal International Order From Outside and From Within

By Michael McFaul | November 5, 2025

The Succession Crisis of Queen Elizabeth I

The Succession Crisis of Queen Elizabeth I

Tracy Borman on the Altered Manuscript Depicting the Naming of Queen Elizabeth’s Heir

By Tracy Borman | November 4, 2025

How Two Nuns and a Jesuit Might Persuade You to Finally Download that Dating App

How Two Nuns and a Jesuit Might Persuade You to Finally Download that Dating App

Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita on the “Close Friendship” Between 16th-Century Nun Sor Juana Inés and Vicereine María Luisa

By Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita | November 4, 2025

How Israel’s “Forgotten” 1956 Occupation of Gaza Echoes In Its Actions Today

How Israel’s “Forgotten” 1956 Occupation of Gaza Echoes In Its Actions Today

Anne Irfan on the Repetition of History and How the Past Informs the Present

By Anne Irfan | November 3, 2025

Lyndal Roper’s <em>Summer of Fire and Blood</em> has won the 2025 Cundill History Prize.

Lyndal Roper’s Summer of Fire and Blood has won the 2025 Cundill History Prize.

By James Folta | October 31, 2025

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Rediscovering the Lost Arts of the English Woodlands

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What Henry VIII’s Despotic Rule Can Teach Us About Today’s Tyrants

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On the Indian Revolutionaries Who Plotted to Overthrow the British Raj From America

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Scott Miller Explores the Diverse Communities of Students and Laborers Who Sought Independence From Colonial Rule

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Bob Dylan’s Superpower is That He Doesn’t Get Embarrassed

Bob Dylan’s Superpower is That He Doesn’t Get Embarrassed

Ron Rosenbaum on the Icon and the Enigma

By Ron Rosenbaum | October 28, 2025

America’s Founding Fathers Had No Faith in Democracy

America’s Founding Fathers Had No Faith in Democracy

Joseph J. Ellis on the Inherent Contradictions Behind the American Revolutionary Dream

By Joseph J. Ellis | October 28, 2025

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